Poem: “The June Couple” by Edgar A. Guest

A Heap o’ Livin’

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American Literature – American Poetry – Edgar A. Guest – Poems by Edgar A. Guest – A Heap o’ Livin’
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The June Couple

  She is fair to see and sweet,
  Dainty from her head to feet,
  Modest, as her blushing shows,
  Happy, as her smiles disclose,
  And the young man at her side
  Nervously attempts to hide
  Underneath a visage grim
  That the fuss is bothering him.

  Pause a moment, happy pair!
  This is not the station where
  Romance ends, and wooing stops
  And the charm from courtship drops;
  This is but the outward gate
  Where the souls of mortals mate,
  But the border of the land
  You must travel hand in hand.

  You who come to marriage, bring
  All your tenderness, and cling
  Steadfastly to all the ways
  That have marked your wooing days.
  You are only starting out
  On life’s roadways, hedged about
  Thick with roses and with tares,
  Sweet delights and bitter cares.

  Heretofore you’ve only played
  At love’s game, young man and maid;
  Only known it at its best;
  Now you’ll have to face its test.
  You must prove your love worth while,
  Something time cannot defile,
  Something neither care nor pain
  Can destroy or mar or stain.

  You are now about to show
  Whether love is real or no;
  Yonder down the lane of life
  You will find, as man and wife,
  Sorrows, disappointments, doubt,
  Hope will almost flicker out;
  But if rightly you are wed
  Love will linger where you tread.

  There are joys that you will share,
  Joys to balance every care;
  Arm in arm remain, and you
  Will not fear the storms that brew,
  If when you are sorest tried
  You face your trials, side by side.
  Now your wooing days are done,
  And your loving years begun.

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