1 10 !'OIDIB O'P' DU.OllU.'ftOJr Alm .. .llfaY.
"What loud uproar burwta from tba\ d~t l"
"'The wedding-gnent are there :.
Bat ia the garden-bower tbe bride
A.ud bti d e-maida singi.o& ue:
A.u<l buk J the little vesper bell,
Which biddeth we to pra.yer !:"(^110) Wedding-Gueet! this soul hath been
Alone on a wide wide sea :
8o lonely 'twu, that God himaelf
Scarce seemed there to be.
'' 0 sweeter than the marriage-feaat,
'Tis awee~r fa!' to me,
To walk together to the lti!'k
With a gOodly company !-
" To walk together to the kirk,
A.ud all together pray,
While eaeh to his great Father '6enda,
Old men, and babes, and loving friend ,
A.ud youths and maidell.ll gay 1
''Farewell, !B.rewell! bnt thia I tell
To thee, thou Wedding-Gueet.:
He prayetb well, who lo.-etb well
Both man and bini and beast..
"He prayeth best, who lo vetb best
All things both great and email;
For the dear God that loveth ue,
He made and lovetb all"
The Mariner wboee eye is bright,
Whoae beard with age ia ho&r,
Ja gone: and now the Wedding-Gueat
Turns from the bridegroom's door.
He went like one tba\ bath been aturm'd,
And is of Belllle forlorn :
A sa.dder and a wiaer man,
Be rose the morrow morn.