The Diamond Wedding
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Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Crosland, Mrs. Newton) |
Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from The Diamond Wedding: And Other Poems The Diamond Wedding. A Doric Story in Three Parts. Part I. - The Silver Day. Period A.D. 1830. A Tale - like those unwritten ones which fall As feathers from the outstretched wing of Time, Float in the mem´ry of a child or friend, Then gravitate to blank oblivion´s gulf! Yet hath the story comely attributes, Which grow the fairer as more near we gaze, And paradisal hues which still survive To streak the shadows of a fallen world: So snatch we it from Lethe´s threatening spray, A prisoner make, and show it through the bars Of simple verse befitting Doric theme. It was a glad commemorative day, The Silver Wedding of a faithful pair. Five fives of years had glided from the scroll The hours unwind with even measurement, Since maiden fair and stalwart burgher youth Had vowed the life-enduring marriage vows. The marriage vows, which, to the lovers´ ears, About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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