𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑾𝒂𝒚𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔: “𝑼𝒑𝒐𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝑵𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑾𝒆 𝑺𝒊ng (𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒏𝒐𝒛𝒛𝒆)” -

The epithalamion is a challenging, even problematic, form today. Originally a poem to “celebrate” the bride on her way to the bridal chamber, the ancient forms were quasi-religious, ironic in this thin veiling of voyeurism and libertinism.

Here, a contemporary spin.

https://waywordsstudio.com/verse/upon-this-night-we-sing-per-nozze/

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