Jewels of ingenvity, Set in a Coronet of Poetry By the Industry of T. J. [i.e. Thomas Jordan] |
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Three Marriage Songs.
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Three Marriage Songs.
The first at their going to the Temple.
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Now our bright joy 'gins to appear,And the white Boy Cupid comes near:
Unto Juno's Altar we run,
Where you know what's to be done
Bright Hymen in glory before them doth go,
In season with reason to make one of two.
II
May you never meet with those woesWhich may sever your hands when they close;
May blisses fall from above,
And kisses keep you in love:
May all you can wish, or good Heaven can give,
Present ye with Plenty so long as you live.
Second Song at Dinner.
I
Now the Board is filled with Plenty,And the Wine runs round the room,
Eat and drink what Jove hath sent ye,
Joy like this doth seldome come.
II
Fill us off the sprightly Claret,And let every one beside
Drink it free, and roundly share it
To the Bridegroom and the Bride.
III
Now me thinks the roof is reeling,And the very sky looks blew,
What the Bride must undergo,
Every Lady would be willing,
But to do as she must do.
The third Song at their preparation to Bed.
Welcome gentle nightThou bring'st all delight,
When thy sable Curtain spreads
Upon the melting mirth of marriage Beds.
Here those joys are free,
Which no eye may see
But the Bridegroom and the Bride,
Between the twilight and the morning-tide.
In Cupids Bushes.
They hide their Blushes.
This Battel breeds no scar,
Such sights as these
Did sweetly please,
The Queen of Pleasure, and the God of War.
When this is doing,
There ends the Wooing,
I will no further pry
What more I know,
I dare not show,
Each Lover here can tell as well as I.
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