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The poem 'Twenty-Five Years', composed by Nicholas Gordon, is an excellent illustration of the unfading love bond of a couple celebrating their 25th anniversary. He feels happy the love they had for each other, when they entered the matrimonial alliance, is visible even when they are celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary. It is said that "no man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century." And, truly, the couple in the poem has reached the milestone and this shows that their marriage was destined to be perfect. The poem is a melodious composition by Byrd, a well-known composer of the Renaissance period. It tells us that love lasts longer than passion. Love is everlasting and does not change with changing seasons and trends.
Twenty Five Years
Twenty-five years, and still you are in love!
What river does not deepen as it flows?
Each day your love increases as it goes,
Nourishing the lands through which it moves.
The love that lasts is deeper far than passion.
Years pass and it abides beneath the light.
Few know the secrets of its dark delight,
Intent on all the toys that are in fashion.
Vivid lusts yield pleasures that soon cease.
Each year of love yields happiness and peace.
