Samuel Sheppard (writer) (original) (raw)

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Aganippe waters still. (en)
And the Thespian rocks, whence drill (en)
Chastest virgins, you that are (en)
Either for to make or mar, (en)
For the pair that now are wed; (en)
Hymen, Hymenæus sing! (en)
Hymen, O thy brows impale, (en)
Hᴇᴀᴠᴇɴʟʏ fair Urania's son, (en)
Leave th' Aonian cave behind (en)
Let good auguries combine (en)
Let their joys be nourishèd (en)
Let this day with pleasure spring; (en)
Like a myrtle, ever green, (en)
Make the air with Hymen ring, (en)
Nimbly dance; the flaming tree, (en)
Ownèd by the Cyprian queen, (en)
Shrill Epithalamiums sing, (en)
Take in that fair hand of thine. (en)
Take thy saffron robe and come (en)
Thou that dwell'st on Helicon, (en)
To the bride the bridegroom hale (en)
Where her nymphs their sport pursue. (en)
Who fosters it with rosy dew, (en)
With a smiling look appear; (en)
With sweet-flowered marjoram; (en)
Yellow socks of woollen wear, (en)