Forgotten Ground Regained
A Marriage Poem for Nora and Jamie
North comes the sun for summer · a sending forthof jubilant flame; he rays out · in regal splendournor is it a little he shines on · sweetly,on all our faces at this wholly · new age-old event,just the same event that Adam · and Evein new-formed innocence adorned · dear originals,joining in amiable bands · yet blessed hands.News, at the Border another · knitting together;again, the genial game between · gendersplayed not for a paltry stake but restored · paradiseno less. Imagine aiming so high! truly · young Amityneed only shore against · his own too much,his generous fame and equally · gentle name.Genius of the day, may he · delaying notnow pour a full blessing · on our pairtheir nuptial joys well begun, Jamie and Nora made one.
Copyright © George Johnson, 1990. Originally published in Endeared by Dark: reprinted by permission of the author.
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