Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CHURCH AND THE WEDDING, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I'll restore this old church for our marriage Last Line: And then no more. Subject(s): Churches; Marriage; Cathedrals; Weddings; Husbands; Wives | ||||||||
"I'LL restore this old church for our marriage: I've ordered the plans: Style of wedding your choice -- foot or carriage -- By license, or banns." He restored it, as though built newly: The bishop was won To preach, who pronounced it truly A thing well done. But the wedding waits; long, long has waited; And guesswork is dumb Why those who were there to have mated Do not come. And when the nights moan like the wailings Of souls sore-tried, The folk say who pass the church-palings They hear inside Strange sounds as of anger and sadness That cut the heart's core, And shaken words bitter to madness; And then no more. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BLESSING FOR A WEDDING by JANE HIRSHFIELD A SUITE FOR MARRIAGE by DAVID IGNATOW ADVICE TO HER SON ON MARRIAGE by MARY BARBER THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD KISSING AGAIN by DORIANNE LAUX A TIME PAST by DENISE LEVERTOV AND THERE WAS A GREAT CALM' by THOMAS HARDY |
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