The Wedding Directory’s collection of romantic poems continued...
A Charm Invests a Face
A charm invests a face Imperfectly beheld. The lady dare not lift her veil For fear it be dispelled.
But peers beyond her mesh, And wishes, and denies, Lest interview annul a want That image satisfies.
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), American poet. This short, simple, beautiful poem is a statement on the fragility of beauty.
Love is Enough
Love is enough: though the world be a-waning, And the woods have no voice but the voice of complaining, Though the skies be too dark for dim eyes to discover The gold-cups and daisies fair blooming thereunder, Though the hills be held shadows, and the sea a dark wonder, And this day draw a veil over all deeds passed over, Yet their hands shall not tremble, their feet shall not falter: The void shall not weary, the fear shall not alter These lips and these eyes of the loved and the lover.
William Morris (1834-1896), English textile designer, artist and writer. In this poem, Morris reminds us that, simply, love is enough to overcome all challenges.
It’s All I Have to Bring Today
It’s all I have to bring today - This, and my heart beside - This, and my heart, and all the fields - And all the meadows wide - Be sure you count - should I forget Some one the sum could tell - This, and my heart, and all the Bees Which in the Clover dwell.
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), American poet. It’s all I Have to Bring Today perfectly conveys the message of love a bride and groom bring with them on their wedding day.
My Heart to You is Given
My heart to you is given: Oh, do give yours to me; We’ll lock them up together, And throw away the key.
Frederick Saunders
Wonder
Wonder, A garden among the flames!
My heart can take on any form: A meadow for gazelles, A cloister for monks, For the idols, sacred ground, Ka’ba for the circling pilgrim, The tables of the Torah, The scrolls of the Quran.
My creed is Love; Wherever its caravan turns along the way, That is my belief, My faith.
Ibn Arabi (1165-1240), Andalusian Arab Sufi mystic and philosopher