William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Elizabethan Verse. 1907.
The Bridal SongFrancis Beaumont (1584–1616)
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To the man and to the bride!
If there be a joy yet new
In marriage, let it fall on you,
That all the world may wonder!
If we should stay, we should do worse,
And turn our blessing to a curse
By keeping you asunder.