Poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley

A Bridal Song

I.

The golden gates of Sleep unbar
Where Strength and Beauty, met together,
Kindle their image like a star
In a sea of glassy weather!
Night, with all thy stars look down,--
Darkness, weep thy holiest dew,--
Never smiled the inconstant moon
On a pair so true.
Let eyes not see their own delight;--
Haste, swift Hour, and thy flight
Oft renew.

II.

Fairies, sprites, and angels, keep her!
Holy stars, permit no wrong!
And return to wake the sleeper,
Dawn,—ere it be long!
O joy! O fear! what will be done
In the absence of the sun!
Come along! 

1. From the Arabic, an Imitation
2. The Solitary
3. To The Republicans Of North America
4. I Would Not Be A King
5. Lines Written During The Castlereagh Administration

John Ford A Bridal Song ("COMFORTS lasting, loves increasing")

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