A BRIDAL SONG

(from "The Broken Heart," 1633)

by: John Ford (1586-1639)

OMFORTS lasting, loves increasing,

Like soft hours never ceasing;

Plenty's pleasure, peace complying,

Without jars, or tongues envying;

Hearts by holy union wedded,

More than theirs by custom bedded;

Fruitful issues; life so graced,

Not by age to be defaced;

Budding as the year ensu'th,

Every spring another youth:

All what thought can add beside,

Crown this Bridegroom and this Bride!

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