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Wedding Reading #26: Love's Philosophy, by Percy Bysshe Shelley
The fountains mingle with the river, And the rivers with the ocean, the winds of heaven mix forever With a sweet emotion; Nothing in the world is single, All things by a law of divine In another's being mingle - Why not I with thine? See, the mountains kiss high heaven, And the waves clasp one another, No sister flower could be forgiven If it disdained its brother; And the sunlight clasps the earth, And the moonbeams kiss the sea - What are all these kissings worth, If thou kiss not me? Wedding Reading #27: This Day I Married My Best Friend, by Anonymous This day I married my best friend ...the one I laugh with as we share life's wondrous zest, as we find new enjoyments and experience all that's best. ...the one I live for because the world seems brighter as our happy times are better and our burdens feel much lighter. ...the one I love with every fiber of my soul. We used to feel vaguely incomplete, now together we are whole. Wedding Reading #28: Apache Blessing May the sun bring you new energy by day, May the moon softly restore you by night, May the rain wash away your worries And the breeze blow new strength into your being, And all the days of your life may you walk Gently through the world and know its beauty. Wedding Reading #29: My True Love Hath My Heart (also called "The Bargain"), by Sir Philip Sidney My true love hath my heart, and I have his, By just exchange, one for the other given. I hold his dear, and mine he cannot miss, There never was a better bargain driven. His heart in me keeps me and him in one, My heart in him his thoughts and senses guides; He loves my heart, for once it was his own, I cherish his, because in me it bides. His heart his would received from my sight, My heart was wounded with his wounded heart; For as from me on him his hurt did light, So still me thought in me his hurt did smart. Both equal hurt, in this change sought our bliss; My true love hath my heart and I have his. |
Wedding Reading #30: Sonnet 18, by William Shakespeare
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate... When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. Wedding Reading #31: The Indian Serenade, by Percy Bysshe Shelley I arise from dreams of thee In the first sweet sleep of night, When the winds are breathing low, And the stars are shining bright: I arise from dreams of thee, And a spirit in my feet Hath led me--who knows how? To thy chamber window, Sweet! The wandering airs they faint On the dark, the silent stream-- The Champak odours fail Like sweet thoughts in a dream; The nightingale's complaint, It dies upon her heart;-- As I must on thine, Oh, beloved as thou art! Oh lift me from the grass! I die! I faint! I fail! Let thy love in kisses rain On my lips and eyelids pale. My cheek is cold and white, alas! My heart beats loud and fast;-- Oh! press it to thine own again, Where it will break at last. Wedding Reading #32: Away From You, by Sarah Brightman Away from you there is no music, There is no sunlight, The world is gray. Away from you The clocks are frozen, And time's a traveler Who's lost his way. I'm half alive Until the moment The door swings open and you walk through, Now my soul is afloat On a melody of music That I could feel such joy I never knew. And so you see Why I can never be Away from you. |
