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Occasioned by the Marriage of MISS --- and Mr. ---.
Fælices ter et amplius
Quos irrupta tenet copula, nec malis
Divulsus querimoniis
Suprema citiùs solvet amor die.
Hor.
Quos irrupta tenet copula, nec malis
Divulsus querimoniis
Suprema citiùs solvet amor die.
Hor.
Bow down, attentive Gods, and hear!
A prayer to love and friendship due,
Each bright inhabitant of air,
Shed blessings on this faithful pair,
Made one by love and you.
A prayer to love and friendship due,
Each bright inhabitant of air,
Shed blessings on this faithful pair,
Made one by love and you.
May never cares, nor fears, nor strife,
Disturb their calm, their sweet content;
Through all the various scenes of life;
Happy as happiest man and wife,
Be ev'ry blessing sent.
Disturb their calm, their sweet content;
Through all the various scenes of life;
Happy as happiest man and wife,
Be ev'ry blessing sent.
Like this, let every hour be blest,
May love and joy remain;
No anxious cares disturb their rest,
Nor clouds drive pleasure from their breast,
But endless transports reign.
May love and joy remain;
No anxious cares disturb their rest,
Nor clouds drive pleasure from their breast,
But endless transports reign.
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The gen'rous pair whom Hymen joins,
Is more than trebly blest
Where mutual joy the hearts entwines,
And mutual worth the thoughts refines,
Till death call both to rest.
Is more than trebly blest
Where mutual joy the hearts entwines,
And mutual worth the thoughts refines,
Till death call both to rest.
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