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.
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- But first he bade each Guest depart,
- Nor sacred Rites profane;
- For carnal Eyes such Mysteries
- Can never entertain.
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- Then with a Puritanic Air,
- Unto the Lord he pray'd,
- That he would please to grant Increase
- To that same man and maid:
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- 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.
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- Sack Posset then he gave them both,
- And said with lifted Eyes,
- Blest of the Lord! with one Accord
- Begin your Enterprise.
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- 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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