Wedding Poems of Love 5

Sonnets from the Portuguese, XIV
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

If thou must love me, let it be for nought
Except for love's sake only. Do not say...(more)

"Beauty and Love"
by Andrew Young

Beauty and love are all my dream...(more)

Wedding Poems of Love 4

"A Red, Red Rose"
by Robert Burns

O my luve's like a red, red rose.
That's newly sprung in June...(more)

Wedding Poems of Love 3

"Beautiful Dreamer"
by Stephen Foster

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Wedding Poems of Love 2

"It's All I Have to Bring Today"
by Emily Dickinson

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Wedding Poems of Love

"Somewhere I Have Never Travelled, Gladly Beyond"
by E. E. Cummings

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Funny Wedding Vows

I originally found this article on About.com. This is simple the best wedding vows I have ever read. If you or anyone you know ever uses this, please send me the video...I have to see it.

From Marty Blase
Wedding Vows Inspired by Dr. Seuss...(more)

Non-Religous Wedding Readings #2

Love's Philosophy
by Percy Shelley

The fountains mingle with the river,
And the rivers with the ocean;

The winds of heaven mix forever,
With a sweet emotion...(more)

The Married Lover
by Coventry Patmore

WHY, having won her, do I woo?
Because her spirit's vestal grace
Provokes me always to pursue,
But, spirit-like, eludes embrace;
Because her womanhood is such...(more)

The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
by Christopher Marlowe

Come live with me and be my love,
And we will all the pleasures prove
That valleys, groves, hills, and fields,
Woods or steepy mountain yields...(more)

Wedding Reading #9

I Corinthians 13:1-13

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.

Love is patient, love is kind...(more)

Matthew 5:1-10
Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying:
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."
"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted...(more)

John 4:7-16

Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God, and he who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God; for God is love. In this the love of God was made...(more)

Non-Religous Wedding Readings

Eskimo Love Song

You are my husband, you are my wife
My feet shall run because of you...(more)

Hope Is the Thing With Feathers
by Emily Dickinson

Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all...(more)

The Good-Morrow
by John Donne

I wonder by my troth, what thou and I
Did, till we loved ? were we not weaned till then ?
But sucked on country pleasures, childishly ?
Or snorted we in...(more)

Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms
by Thomas Moore

Believe me, if all those endearing young charms,
Which I gaze on so fondly to-day,
Were to change by to-morrow, and fleet in my arms,
Live fairy-gifts fading away,
Thou wouldst still be adored, as this moment thou art,
Let thy loveliness fade as it will...(more)

Sample Wedding Vows #4

Sample Twelve
Male
I love you, ______, and I thank the Lord for the love that has bound our hearts and lives together in spiritual fellowship of marriage. I will love, honor and cherish you always. As we enter upon the privileges and joys of life's most holy relationship, and begin together the great adventure of building a Christian home, I will look to Christ as Head...(more)

Sample Wedding Vows #3

Sample Eight
Male
______, I give you this ring, wear it with love and joy. I choose you to be my wife, to have and to hold from this day forward for better or for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish as long as we both shall live...(more)

Sample Wedding Vows #2

Sample Four
Male
_____, we read in Genesis, "Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother and cleave unto his wife," and in Proverbs "Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing." He has ordained that the husband be the head of the wife. He instructs me, as the one who will be your husband...(more)

Sample Wedding Vows #1

Here are some simple Wedding Vows. Just insert your names and you are off.

Sample One
Male
I, _____, take you, ______, to be my wedded wife. With deepest joy I receive you into my life that together we may be one. As is Christ to His body, the church, so I will be to you a loving and faithful husband. Always will I perform my headship over you even as Christ does...(more)

Wedding Readings #8

Ephesians 5:1-2, 21-33

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives, be subject to your husbands, as to the Lord...(more)

Psalms 127:1-5

"Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. It is in vain that you rise up early...(more)

Matthew 7:21, 24-29

"Not every one who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Every one then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house...(more)

World Wedding Readings

Irish Blessing

May the road rise to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
The rains fall soft upon your fields...(more)


The Prophet
by Kahil Gibran

Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.
But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires:
To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.
To know the pain of too much tenderness...(more)

Fidelity
by D.H. Lawrence

Man and woman are like the earth, that brings forth flowers
in summer, and love, but underneath is rock...(more)

Wedding Readings #7

Colossians 3:12-17

Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, and patience, forbearing one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other...(more)

Psalms 128:1-6

"Blessed is every one who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways! You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be happy, and it shall be well with you. Your wife will be like a fruitful...(more)

John 2:1-11

On the third day there was a marriage at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there; Jesus also was invited to the marriage, with his disciples. When the wine failed, the mother of Jesus said to him...(more)

Wedding Ring History

Why do people wear wedding rings?

The meaning of the wedding ring can be traced back almost 5,000 years. It is said the wedding ring tradition was first originated by the Egyptians who some 4,800 years ago twisted plant material (such as hemp) into rings and bracelets...(more)

Hilarious Wedding Poem

Weddings

If you go to a wedding, here’s what it means
No one wears trainers and no one wears jeans
Your best new clothes are all that you wear
And everyone in your whole family is there
Even some cousins that you’ve never known...(more)

Shakespearean Wedding Readings

Sonnet 116

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love...(more)

Love's Labour's Lost, 4.3.327

But love, first learned in a lady's eyes,
Lives not alone immured in the brain;...(more)

Sonnet 18

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:...(more)

Wedding Readings #6

~Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
9. Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work.
10. If one falls down,...(more)

“Blessing of the Hands", revised by Rev. Daniel L. Harris

“These are the hands of your best friend, young and strong and full of love for you, that are...(more)

Wedding Readings #5

Ephesians 5:31-33:
31. As the Scriptures say, "A man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife...(more)

~Song of Solomon 2:8-17:

The voice of my beloved!
Behold, he comes
Leaping upon the mountains,
Skipping upon the hills...(more)

Wedding Readings #4

Some Wedding Readings for your perusal.

~Genesis 2:18-24
And the LORD God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.” Out of the ground...(more)

~Ephesians 5:31-33:
31. As the Scriptures say, "A man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one."...(more)

Wedding Readings #3

Here's a suggested wedding reading which I think is really nice if religion is a strong part of your life

Psalm 34:2-9

I will bless the Lord at all times;
praise shall be always in my mouth...(more)

Song of Songs 8:6-7

True Love

Set me as a seal on your heart,
as a seal on your arm;
For stern as death is love,...(more)

Wedding Readings #2

Here are a couple more readings I have come across...Just thought they were lovely and decided to share with my friends.

From the "Song of Solomon", King James Bible version

My beloved spake, and said unto me,
Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away...(more)

ST MARK - CHAPTER 10

But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother...(more)

From the "I Ching"

When two people are at one in their inmost hearts
They shatter even the strength of iron or of bronze...(more)

"The Art of Marriage"

"The Art Of Marriage"
by Wilferd A. Peterson

Happiness in marriage is not something that just happens.
A good marriage must be created.
In the art of marriage the little things are the big things...(more)

Romantic Wedding Readings

"The Magic of Love"

by Helen Steiner Rice

Love is like magic, and it always will be,
For love still remains life's sweet mystery...(more)

"Friendship"
by Judy Bielicki

It is often said that it is love that makes the world go round. However, without doubt, it is friendship which keeps our spinning existence on an even keel. True friendship ...(more)

"Marriage Joins Two People in the Circle of Its Love"
by Edmund O'Neil

Marriage is a commitment to life, to the best that two people can find and bring out in each other. It offers opportunities...(more)

Humurous Wedding Vows

We all need some humor in our Wedding planning process. These aren't for actual use (unless you really want them) these are just for the relaxation and laughter of the bride and groom, whom are spending way too much time reading serious wedding readings.

Enjoy!

Yes, I'll Marry You, My Dear

Yes, I'll marry you, my dear, and here's reason why
So I can push you out of bed when the baby starts to cry...(more)


Will I have to be Sexy at Sixty?

Will I have to be Sexy at Sixty?
Will I have to keep trying so hard?
Well I'm just going to slump
With my dowager's hump
And watch myself turn into lard...(more)

Unconventional Wedding Readings

"Wedding Song (There Is Love)"

Paul Stookey

He is now to be among you at the calling of your hearts
Rest assured this troubadour is acting on his part
The union of your spirits here has caused him to remain...(more)

Sonnets from the Portuguese
"XLIII"
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways...(more)