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Perhaps no poem of this class has been more universally admired than the pastoral Epithalamion of Edmund Spenser (1595), though he also has important rivals—Ben Jonson, Donne and Francis Quarles. [2] Ben Jonson's friend, Sir John Suckling, is known for his epithalamium "A Ballad Upon a Wedding." In his ballad, Suckling playfully demystifies ...
The ode begins with an invocation to the Muses to help the groom, and moves through the couple's wedding day, from Spenser's impatient hours before dawn while waiting for his bride to wake up, to the late hours of night after Spenser and Boyle have consummated their marriage (wherein Spenser's thoughts drift towards the wish for his bride to ...
A depiction of two lovers at a wedding. From the Aldobrandini Wedding fresco. The precise customs and traditions of weddings in ancient Rome likely varied heavily across geography, social strata, and time period; Christian authors writing in late antiquity report different customs from earlier authors writing during the Classical period, with some authors condemning practices described by ...
"Ah, what a lovely maid it is!" (1902) by Elmer Boyd Smith. Thor dresses up as a bride and Loki as a bridesmaid. Illustration by Carl Larsson.. Þrymskviða (Þrym's Poem; [1] [2] the name can be anglicised as Thrymskviða, Thrymskvitha, Thrymskvidha or Thrymskvida) is one of the best known poems from the Poetic Edda.
A Boyar Wedding Feast [nb 1] was painted in 1883 by Russian artist Konstantin Makovsky (1839–1915). [nb 2] The painting shows a toast at a wedding feast following a boyar marriage, set in the 16th or 17th century, where the bride and the groom are expected to kiss each other. The bride looks sad and reluctant, while the elderly attendant ...
The wedding ceremony is often followed by a wedding reception or wedding breakfast, in which the rituals may include speeches from a groom, best man, father of a bride and possibly a bride, [10] the newlyweds' first dance as a couple, and the cutting of an elegant wedding cake. In recent years traditions have changed to include a father ...
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In the Parable of the Ten Virgins, Jesus tells a story about a party of virgins, perhaps bridesmaids [2] or torchbearers for a procession, [3] chosen to participate in a wedding. Each of the ten virgins is carrying a lamp or torch [ 3 ] as they await the coming of the bridegroom , which they expect at some time during the night.