Poem for the day- wedding celebrations

My poem for the day is a verse from The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow(1807 - 1882). It is a tribute to two couples I know who are having their marriage blessed today.

She had sent through all the village

Messengers with wands of willow,

As a sign of invitation,

As a token of the feasting;

And the wedding-guests  assembled,

Clad in all their richest raiment,

Robes of fur and belts of wampum,

Splendid with their paint and plumage,

Beautiful with beads and tassels..

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He was dressed in shirt of doeskin,

White and soft and fringed with ermine,

All inwrought with beads of wampum,..

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