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First Line: Arise, come forth, but never to return
Last Line: Himself between their lips a grave to make.
Subject(s): Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


ARISE, come forth, but never to return
To the same centre: 'tis thy virgin urn.
Bury in it those thoughts which did possess
Thee from thy cradle till this happiness;
Which but to think upon will make thy cheek
Fairer than is the morn you so much seek
In beauty to outvy, and be the pride
Of all that ever had the name of bride.
Up, maids, and let your nimble fingers be
True instruments of curiosity:
Set not a pin amiss, nor let a plait
Be folded in her gown, but what's in state;
And when her ivory temples you would deck,
Forbear your art, for Nature gives you check.
There in the circuit of her radiant hair
See Cupid fetter'd in a golden snare.
Mark the triumphant throne, wherein the boy
Installed sits to give the bridegroom joy!
But when she's dress'd, and that her listing ear
Is welcom'd by the bridegroom's being near,
Look how she stands, and how her steadfast eye
Is fix'd on him at's first discovery!
Both being met, mark how their souls do strive
To be in either's joy contemplative.
Whose kisses raise betwixt them such a fire,
That should the Phoenix see, he to expire
Would shun the spicy mountain, and so take
Himself between their lips a grave to make.





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