Poem On Wedding

Mon August 5, 2013 by Kunal Bansal

O marriage-bells, your clamor tells
Two weddings in one breath.
SHE marries whom her love compels: And I wed Goodman Death!
My brain is blank, my tears are red;
Listen, O God: -- 'I will,' he said: --
--And I would that I were dead.
Come groomsman Grief and bridesmaid Pain
Come and stand with a ghastly twain.
My Bridegroom Death is come o'er the meres
To wed a bride with bloody tears.
Ring, ring, O bells, full merrily:
Life-bells to her, death-bells to me:
O Death, I am true wife to thee!