hymeneal

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There lies the fatal weakness of all this frenzy over liberty and this hymeneal chanting of sky and ocean; it has no basis in the homely facts of the heart.

From Shelburne Essays, Third Series by More, Paul Elmer

Suddenly the willows sparkled with diamonds, the grey river became a sheet of silver, the sedge warbler fluted his hymeneal note, and other warblers joined in the chorus.

From The Soul of Susan Yellam by Vachell, Horace Annesley

"To lead his fianc�e, a B�rgerm�dchen there, to the hymeneal altar," concluded Hermann, not the least disturbed.

From Herman A Novel by Werner, E.

To my dark lot no bridal joys Belong, nor e’er the jocund noise p. 50Of hymeneal chant shall sound for me, But death, cold death, my only spouse shall be.

From Lectures Delivered in America in 1874 by Kingsley, Charles

"You shall never—never—lead her to the hymeneal altar."

From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)