English poem
III.— MARRIAGE INDISSOLUBLE
by Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore (1823–1896)
'In heaven none marry.' Grant the most Which may by this dark word be meant, Who shall forbid the eternal boast 'I kiss'd, and kiss'd with her consent!' If here, to Love, past favour is A present boast, delight, and chain, What lacks of honour, bond, and bliss, Where Now and Then are no more twain!