Tixall Poetry.
309
To the Right Honourable
Walter Lord Aston and His Lady,
upon Their 24th Yeare of Happy Marriage.
Pardon the humble offering I pay,
Madam, to you, your lord, and to the day.
What doth this threefold service here betoken?
A triple cord of duty never broken.
Long live joynt partners, soule and body one!
Long live this day that made the union!
But poore and empty is my single vote,
After the full and most authentike throate
Of a grand jury, foure-and-twenty yeares,
As happily recorded it appeares,
By the brave verdict to your joyes given in,
For truth sans ceremonie, for terme sans fin.
Madam, to you, your lord, and to the day.
What doth this threefold service here betoken?
A triple cord of duty never broken.
Long live joynt partners, soule and body one!
Long live this day that made the union!
But poore and empty is my single vote,
After the full and most authentike throate
Of a grand jury, foure-and-twenty yeares,
As happily recorded it appeares,
By the brave verdict to your joyes given in,
For truth sans ceremonie, for terme sans fin.
