by Elkanah Settle (1648 - 1724)

Language: English 
Our translations:  FRE ITA
Thrice happy lovers, may you be 
  For ever, ever free,
From the tormenting devil, Jealousy.
  From all the anxious cares and Strife,
  That attends a married Life:
  Be to one another true,
  Kind to her as she's to you.
And since the Errors of this Night are past,
May he be ever Constant, she be ever chaste.

Composition:

    Set to music by Michael Tippett (1905 - 1998), "An Epithalamium", note: this is a realization of a song by Purcell.

Text Authorship:

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant nuptial", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Epitalamio", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 57