An Epithalamium
Elkanah Settle (1648-1724)
Thrice happy lovers, may you be
For ever, ever free,
From the tormenting devil, Jealousy.
From all the anxious Care and Strife,
That attends a married Life:
Be to one another true,
Kind to her as she to you.
And since the Errors of this Night are past,
May he be ever Constant, she for ever Chast.
Alfred Deller - counter-tenor
Thrice happy lovers, may you be
For ever, ever free,
From the tormenting devil, Jealousy.
From all the anxious Care and Strife,
That attends a married Life:
Be to one another true,
Kind to her as she to you.
And since the Errors of this Night are past,
May he be ever Constant, she for ever Chast.
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