<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=573243" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Sonnet CCLVII:</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">They at the altar pledge their formal vow, <br>Then go, and straight forget that vow was made-- <br>These common lovers, making marriage trade, <br>Who often wed sore heart to moody brow. <br>Not thus we married, for the temple now <br>Bends o'er us both, in which is daily said <br>Love's sacrament, and ever on thy head, <br>Glistens the chaplet of the orange bough. <br>Immortal bride, in every grateful prayer <br>My heart renews our holy marriage tie, <br>Vows at thy voice, thy touch, thy laugh, thy sigh; <br>And Hope, white-favored, through the sunny air <br>Points with a solemn smile to mansions fair, <br>As Heaven's abode for love that cannot die.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=George+Henry+Boker">George Henry Boker</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=573243" data-title="Sonnet CCLVII: de George Henry Boker" data-description="They at the altar pledge their formal vow, Then go, and straight forget that vow was made-- These common lovers, making marriage trade, Who often wed sore heart to moody brow. Not thus we married, for the temple now Bends o'er us both, in whi..."></div> </div> </div>

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