Occasional verse, moral and sacred Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet] |
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ON A WEDDING-RING. |
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ON A WEDDING-RING.
Hail, little type of constancy in love!
Thou simple emblem of the blest above;
Where nought is seen, and nought inferior known,
Than that pure love that mingles all in one;
That source of being, whom existence owns,
Creation's fountain, and the stars its sons.
Nor less a type of that Eternity,
Whose vast duration marks infinity;
That endless round, that no beginning knew,
[illeg.] line can measure, and no eye pursue:
[illeg.] whose dark womb huge worlds in embrio lie,
Where time is lost, and unborn ages die.
[illeg.] emblem too of nuptial union found,
Where faithful hearts by faithful hands are bound;
Where, knit in one, its joys are doubly great,
{Wh}ile griefs divided, lessen half their weight.
Itself a pledge of bonds still more divine,
When Nature's god her new-born sons shall join.
Thou simple emblem of the blest above;
Where nought is seen, and nought inferior known,
Than that pure love that mingles all in one;
That source of being, whom existence owns,
Creation's fountain, and the stars its sons.
Nor less a type of that Eternity,
Whose vast duration marks infinity;
That endless round, that no beginning knew,
[illeg.] line can measure, and no eye pursue:
[illeg.] whose dark womb huge worlds in embrio lie,
Where time is lost, and unborn ages die.
[illeg.] emblem too of nuptial union found,
Where faithful hearts by faithful hands are bound;
Where, knit in one, its joys are doubly great,
{Wh}ile griefs divided, lessen half their weight.
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When Nature's god her new-born sons shall join.
Go then, fair type, and let my friendship be,
In all consistent, and a type of thee!
In all consistent, and a type of thee!
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