1) Holy Matrimony by John Keble. Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. 1895. A
Victorian Anthology, 1837-1895
...THE VOICE that breath d o er Eden, That earliest wedding-day, The primal marriage blessing, It hath not pass d away. Still in the pure espousal 5 Of Christian man...
2) Darby and Joan by Frederic Edward Weatherly. Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed.
1895. A Victorian Anthology, 1837-1895
...DARBY dear, we are old and gray, Fifty years since our wedding day, Shadow and sun for every one As the years roll on; Darby dear, when the world went wry, 5 Hard...
3) 774. A Wedding-Song by John White Chadwick. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed.
1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900
...I SAID: My heart, now let us sing a song For a fair lady on her wedding-day; Some solemn hymn or pretty roundelay, That shall be with her as she goes along To meet...
4) 549. Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The Oxford Book
of English Verse
...bright, and on the right Went down into the sea. Higher and higher every day, Till over the mast at noon—' 30 The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast, For he heard...
5) 53. Prothalamion. E. Spenser. The Golden Treasury
...they, enrangèd well, Did on those two attend, And their best service lend Against their wedding day, which was not long: 125 Sweet Thames! run softly, till I end...
6) There Falls with Every Wedding Chime by Walter Savage Landor. Edmund
Clarence Stedman, ed. 1895. A Victorian Anthology, 1837-1895
...THERE falls with every wedding chime A feather from the wing of Time. You pick it up, and say How fair To look upon its colors are! Another drops day after day 5...
7) 21. A Ballad of Hell. John Davidson. Modern British Poetry
...Oh, unexpected, dear appeal!' She struck a happy tear away, And broke the crimson seal. 'My love, there is no help on earth, 5 No help in heaven; the dead-man's bell...
8) 62. Fair Margaret and Sweet William. Quiller-Couch, Arthur, ed. 1910. The
Oxford Book of Ballads
...that long summer s day, And could not talk their fill. II I see no harm by you, Margaret, 5 Nor you see none by me; Before to-morrow eight o clock A rich wedding...
9) 324. The Diverting History of John Gilpin. William Cowper. 1909-14. English
Poetry II: From Collins to Fitzgerald. The Harvard Classics
...we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair 10 Unto the Bell at Edmonton, All in...
10) 81. Prothalamion. Edmund Spenser. The Oxford Book of English Verse
...So they, enrangèd well, Did on those two attend, And their best service lend Against their wedding day, which was not long: 125 Sweete Themmes! runne softly, till...
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