WHEN Olympian Hera was given In marriage, the Fates on a day Led Zeus, in the height of his heaven, To her bed, singing loud all the way, -- With a Hymen O! Hymenaios, Hymen O Hymenaios! Love rode for good luck in the carriage, The child of a couple who throve; Happy bride! with a groom to her marriage Gold-winged, pulling back as he drove, -- With a Hymen O! Hymenaios, Hymen O Hymenaios! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ODE TO THE BROWN PAPER BAG by JAMES GALVIN STREET CRIES: 6. TO RICHARD WAGNER by SIDNEY LANIER NICHARCHUS UPON PHIDON HIS DOCTOR by EZRA POUND THE GREAT HUNT by CARL SANDBURG ESSAY: AT NIGHT THE AUTOPORTRAIT AT NIGHT by ELENI SIKELIANOS |