@3While dancing rests, fit place to music granting, Good spells the Fates shall breathe, all envy daunting, Kind ears with joy enchanting, chanting.@1 Chorus. @3Io, Io Hymen! Like looks, like hearts, like loves are linked together: So must the Fates be pleased, so come they hither, To make this joy persever, ever.@1 Chorus. @3Io, Io Hymen! Love decks the spring, her buds to th' air exposing, Such fire here in these bridal breasts reposing, We leave with charms enclosing, closing.@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WE CAN'T WRITE OURSELVES INTO ETERNAL LIFE by DAVID IGNATOW THE PASSING OF THE EX-SLAVE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE BLACK MAMMY by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE MARRIAGE (1) by TIMOTHY LIU STUDY FOR A GEOGRAPHICAL TRAIL; 5. MARYLAND by CLARENCE MAJOR |