Chapter 436 of 1964 · 62 words · ~1 min read

CCIV.

And now 't was done--on the lone shore were plighted Their hearts; the stars, their nuptial torches, shed Beauty upon the beautiful they lighted: Ocean their witness, and the cave their bed, By their own feelings hallowed and united, Their priest was Solitude, and they were wed:[ce] And they were happy--for to their young eyes Each was an angel, and earth Paradise.