The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley (ed. Hutchinson, 1914)/A Bridal Song

by Percy Bysshe Shelley

A BRIDAL SONG

[Published by Mrs. Shelley, Posthumous Poems, 1824.]

IThe 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,— 5  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 10Oft renew.

IIFairies, sprites, and angels, keep her!  Holy stars, permit no wrong! And return to wake the sleeper, Dawn,—ere it be long! 15O joy! O fear! what will be done In the absence of the sun! Come along!