THE PRESBYTERIAN WEDDING

An anonymous poem

      CERTAIN Presbyterian Pair
      Were wedded t'other day;
      And when in Bed the Lambs were laid,
      Their Pastor came to pray.
       
      But first he bade each Guest depart,
      Nor sacred Rites profane;
      For carnal Eyes such Mysteries
      Can never entertain.
       
      Then with a Puritanic Air,
      Unto the Lord he pray'd,
      That he would please to grant Increase
      To that same man and maid:
       
      And that the Husbandman might dress
      Full well the Vine his Wife;
      And like a Vine she still might twine
      About him all her Life.
       
      Sack Posset then he gave them both,
      And said with lifted Eyes,
      Blest of the Lord! with one Accord
      Begin your Enterprise.
       
      The Bridegroom then drew near his Spouse,
      T'apply Prolific Balm;
      And while they strove in mutual Love,
      The Parson sang a Psalm.

"The Presbyterian Wedding" is reprinted from Poetica Erotica. Ed. T.R. Smith. New York: Crown Publishers, 1921.

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