Love Poetry for Wedding Cards and Invitations

Words exchanged on a wedding day mark the start of the couple's lifelong journey together. Poetry as a way of expressing feelings can be profound, romantic and universal.

There are as many ways to express love as there are stars in the sky. This is a collection of cultural, religious and classic poems that might help add meaning to the wedding day.

Classic Love Poems for Wedding Cards and Wedding Invitations

"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. My true-love hath my heart and I have his." - Sir Philip Sidney
"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.The shepherds' swains shall dance and sing For thy delight each May morning: If these delights thy mind may move, Then live with me and be my love." - Christopher Marlowe
"Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt I love." - William Shakespeare "Only our love hath no decay;This, no tomorrow hath, nor yesterday,Running it never runs from us away, But truly keeps his first, last, everlasting day." - John Donne

Wedding Poems and Verses From Different Cultures

"May Joy and Peace surround you both, contentment latch your door, and happiness be with you now and God Bless you evermore." - Scottish Wedding Blessing
"May God be with you and bless you. May you see your children's children. May you be poor in misfortunes and rich in blessings. May you know nothing but happiness from this day forward." - Irish Marriage Blessing
"May your hands be forever clasped in friendship. And your hearts joined forever in love. Your lives are very special, God has touched you in many ways. May his blessings rest upon you. And fill all your coming days." - Irish Wedding Blessing
"You are my husband, you are my wife. My feet shall run because of you.My feet dance because of you. My heart shall beat because of you. My eyes see because of you. My mind thinks because of you. And I shall love, because of you." - Eskimo Love Song

Chinese Love Poem

"Without words, without even understanding,lovers find each other. The moment of finding is always a surprise. Like meeting an old friend never before known. From this day forward, You shall not walk alone. My heart will be your shelter, And my arms will be your home." - Lao Tzu

Wedding Verses From the Bible

Love is patient, Love is kind, It does not envy, it does not boast, It is not proud, it is not rude, It is not self-seeking, It is not easily angered, It keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth. Love always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. Lover never fails. (Corinthians 13:4-8)

Wedding Poems and verses can be included on wedding cards and invitations or used to accompany a wedding gift. A poem chosen especially for the couple on their wedding day shows that care has been taken to select words especially for them.

Sources
Harrison M and Stuart-Clark C. "The Oxford Treasury of Classic Poems." OUP Oxford. 2001