One of the poems in Millard Dunn's collection is an epithalamion—a wedding song—written for the wedding of a friend's daughter. The bride's father, an accomplished musician, set it to music for a six-voice a-capella choir, to be sung at his daughter's wedding.
Epithalamion for Brittany and Scott To know another’s mind Almost better than you Know your own—to taste her Joy by how her eyebrows Bow towards you, her grief By how her tight shoulders Hold themselves as still as Death, and know that loving Her beyond the death you Know is coming cannot Cushion grief, or make it Go away. But you are There, and know that she knows Her grief belongs to you As well, and all the joys You bring each other now. To see the musical setting, click here. |
