Love
Marriage Indissoluble
From The Angel in the House
Love
‘In heaven none marry.’ Grant the most
Which may by this dark word be meant,
Who shall forbid the eternal boast
‘I kiss’d, and kiss’d with her consent!’
If here, to Love, past favour is
A present boast, delight, and chain,
What lacks of honour, bond, and bliss,
Where Now and Then are no more twain!
Cite this poem
MLA
Patmore, Coventry. “Marriage Indissoluble.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/patmore/178/.
Chicago
Patmore, Coventry. “Marriage Indissoluble.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/patmore/178/.
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