We that with like hearts love, we lovers twain, <br />New wedded in the village by thy fane, <br />Lady of all chaste love, to thee it is <br />We bring these amaranths, these white lilies, <br />A sign, and sacrifice; may Love, we pray, <br />Like amaranthine flowers, feel no decay; <br />Like these cool lilies may our loves remain, <br />Perfect and pure, and know not any stain; <br />And be our hearts, from this thy holy hour, <br />Bound each to each, like flower to wedded flower.<br /><br />Joachim du Bellay<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-vow-to-heavenly-venus/
