Lyric Poem · Nature
A Bridal Song
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.
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!
This poem is in the public domain.
“A Bridal Song” by Percy Bysshe Shelley — quilloak.com/poems/a-bridal-song
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