Relationships
Epigram 28. To Mr. Nathaniel Hazard and his Wife, on their Marriage
From A Chain of Golden Poems (1658)
Blest Pair Goodnight! The Prologue now is done:
Your wooing's past, and both of you are won.
The sweets of Love remain, the Play's behinde,
To yield delight to a long longing minde.
May all fair fortune crown your happy Lives,
You out-love husbands, and she out-love wives.
May every night and day, and day and night;
And hour and minute be to you delight.
May all my wishes prosper, and may you
Never repent y'are one, and wish you two:
And (for your Epilogue) when you return
To earth, may all that know you for you mourn.
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MLA
Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 28. To Mr. Nathaniel Hazard and his Wife, on their Marriage.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/71/.
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Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 28. To Mr. Nathaniel Hazard and his Wife, on their Marriage.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/71/.
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