Henry, Epithalamium (marriage)
Robins ! stop your whistling throats R-AA-B-AH-N-Z S-T-AA-P Y-AO-R W-IH-S-L-IH-NG TH-R-OW-T-S Listen to my sweeter notes ; L-IH-S-AH-N T-UW M-AY S-W-IY-T-ER N-OW-T-S Cease to hop from spray to spray S-IY-S T-UW HH-AA-P F-R-AH-M S-P-R-EY T-UW S-P-R-EY While I trill the wedding lay . W-AY-L AY T-R-IH-L DH-AH W-EH-D-IH-NG L-EY Thrushes on the maples' top TH-R-AH-SH-AH-Z AA-N DH-AH M-EY-P-AH-L-Z T-AA-P For a moment pray-ye stop -- F-AO-R AH M-OW-M-AH-N-T P-R-EY-Y-IY S-T-AA-P Twitt'ring swallows cease to twitter T-W-IH-T-R-IH-NG S-W-AA-L-OW-Z S-IY-S T-UW T-W-IH-T-ER Hearken to my ditty sweeter -- HH-AA-R-K-AH-N T-UW M-AY D-IH-T-IY S-W-IY-T-ER Lovesick turtles gently cooing L-AH-V-S-IH-K T-ER-T-AH-L-Z JH-EH-N-T-L-IY K-UW-IH-NG Leave your honey-suckle wooing -- L-IY-V Y-AO-R HH-AH-N-IY-S-AH-K-AH-L W-UW-IH-NG Little wrens I humbly beg L-IH-T-AH-L R-EH-N-Z AY HH-AH-M-B-L-IY B-EH-G Take your music down a peg -- T-EY-K Y-AO-R M-Y-UW-Z-IH-K D-AW-N AH P-EH-G Whipperwills sweet bird of gloom , W-IH-P-ER-W-IH-L-Z S-W-IY-T B-ER-D AH-V G-L-UW-M Stop your loud nocturnal tune ; S-T-AA-P Y-AO-R L-AW-D N-AA-K-T-ER-N-AH-L T-UW-N And ye hooting lovely owls AH-N-D Y-IY HH-UW-T-IH-NG L-AH-V-L-IY AW-L-Z Listen to my lovelier howls . L-IH-S-AH-N T-UW M-AY L-AH-V-L-IY-ER HH-AW-L-Z 'Twas summer when softly the breezes were blowing T-W-AH-Z S-AH-M-ER W-EH-N S-AO-F-T-L-IY DH-AH B-R-IY-Z-IH-Z W-ER B-L-OW-IH-NG And Hudson majestic so sweetly was flowing AH-N-D HH-AH-D-S-AH-N M-AH-JH-EH-S-T-IH-K S-OW S-W-IY-T-L-IY W-AA-Z F-L-OW-IH-NG The groves rang with music & accents of pleasure DH-AH G-R-OW-V-Z R-AE-NG W-IH-DH M-Y-UW-Z-IH-K AH-N-D AE-K-S-EH-N-T-S AH-V P-L-EH-ZH-ER And nature in rapture beat time to the measure AH-N-D N-EY-CH-ER IH-N R-AE-P-CH-ER B-IY-T T-AY-M T-UW DH-AH M-EH-ZH-ER When Helen and Jonas so true and so loving W-EH-N HH-EH-L-AH-N AH-N-D JH-OW-N-AH-S S-OW T-R-UW AH-N-D S-OW L-AH-V-IH-NG Along the green lawn were seen arm in arm moving AH-L-AO-NG DH-AH G-R-IY-N L-AO-N W-ER S-IY-N AA-R-M IH-N AA-R-M M-UW-V-IH-NG Sweet daffodils , violets and roses spontaneous S-W-IY-T D-AE-F-AH-D-IH-L-Z V-AY-AH-L-AH-T-S AH-N-D R-OW-Z-IH-Z S-P-AA-N-T-EY-N-IY-AH-S Wherever they wandered sprang up instantaneous . W-EH-R-EH-V-ER DH-EY W-AA-N-D-ER-D S-P-R-AE-NG AH-P IH-N-S-T-AH-N-T-AE-N-IY-AH-S The ascent the lovers at length were seen climbing DH-AH AH-S-EH-N-T DH-AH L-AH-V-ER-Z AE-T L-EH-NG-K-TH W-ER S-IY-N K-L-AY-M-IH-NG Whose summit is grac'd by the temple of Hymen : HH-UW-Z S-AH-M-AH-T IH-Z G-R-EY-S-T B-AY DH-AH T-EH-M-P-AH-L AH-V HH-AY-M-AH-N The genius presiding no sooner perceived them DH-AH JH-IY-N-Y-AH-S P-R-IH-Z-AY-D-IH-NG N-OW S-UW-N-ER P-ER-S-IY-V-D DH-EH-M But spreading his pinions he flew to receive them : B-AH-T S-P-R-EH-D-IH-NG HH-IH-Z P-IH-N-Y-AH-N-Z HH-IY F-L-UW T-UW R-AH-S-IY-V DH-EH-M With kindest of greetings pronounced them wellcome W-IH-DH K-AY-N-D-AH-S-T AH-V G-R-IY-T-IH-NG-Z P-R-AH-N-AW-N-S-T DH-EH-M W-EH-L-K-AH-M While hollidays clangor rang loud to the welkin . W-AY-L HH-AA-L-AH-D-EY-Z K-L-AE-NG-AO-R R-AE-NG L-AW-D T-UW DH-AH W-EH-L-K-IH-N