With you in my heart, through the good and the bad,Ill be there when you need me, when youre hurting or sad.In fact Ill be there for you any night, any day,Whenever you need me, you just have to say. -May the two of you find your marriage a never-ending story filled with love, happiness, and adventure. Bring your dream wedding to life with one of them! The great acts of love are done by those who are. So let it be! May your Scottish wedding ceremony symbolize peace, happiness, and love for everyone. Older than flowers, older than ferns, older than foraminiferae,older than plasm altogether is the soul underneath. You can either telephone IPSO on 0300 123 2220 or 1 For Better, For Worse. -Cheers to a lifetime of love, laughter, and memories that will last a lifetime! May a moose neer leave yer girnal Wi a tear drap in his ee. As a rule of thumb, only four key speakers usually offer toasts at the reception. This 1923 poem, by Lebanese-American writer and painter Kahlil Gibran, speaks eloquently about loving each other without losing yourself, a message thats as relevant today as it ever was. The groom deserves to hear kind words and appreciation on his wedding day. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove: O no; it is an ever-fixed mark, That looks on tempests, and is never shaken; Cummings i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart) i am never without it (anywhere i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done by only me is your doing, my darling) i fear Bird-Understander. We realise, however, that mistakes Just make sure your chosen reader can handle the Scots dialect or play it for laughs by asking a guest from further afield to give it a go! May your home be filled with laughter. So yer belly isny flat nae merr. overcomes any obstacles Here is the traditional order of toasts and speakers: The first to speak is the brides father, the clergyman, or a close friend of the couple. Wish you happy wedding life. May you have a lovely life together. to be willing to face changes in order to keep If ever two were one, then surely we.If ever man were lovd by wife, then thee.If ever wife was happy in a man,Compare with me, ye women, if you can.I prize thy love more than whole Mines of goldOr all the riches that the East doth hold.My love is such that Rivers cannot quench,Nor ought but love from thee give recompense.Thy love is such I can no way repay.The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray.Then while we live, in love lets so persevereThat when we live no more, we may live ever. Let me share your life, but do not let it revolve around me. On the foundation of past knowledge,We build modern family, a space of love,An expanding community of new and old,Emitting love, light and sublime acceptance,We find all things reflected back at us,Everything is provided for. Marriage is a promise and potential, A guest, I answerd, worthy to be here:Love said, You shall be he.I, the unkind, ungrateful? for you have created joy and gladness, pleasure and delight, love, peace and fellowship. Two are better than one;Because they have a good reward for their labour.For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow:But woe to him that is alone when he falleth;For he hath not another to help him up.Again, if two lie together, then they have heat:But how can one be warm alone?And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him;And a threefold cord is not quickly broken. One of the oldest Scottish wedding traditions, it is customary for the bride and groom to exchange vows outside the front entrance to the kirk (the word for church in Scotland) with the guests standing by. Just a few feet more and theyll stop,playing that sad, mournful tune.I hope this isnt a bad omen,the ministers humming High Noon.Ill get it right,Ill take my time,This is my wedding, not a pantomime. Love is like the wild rose-briarFriendship like the holly treeThe holly is dark when the rose-briar bloomsBut which will bloom most constantly?The wild rose-briar is sweet in spring,Its summer blossoms scent the airYet wait till winter comes againAnd who will call the wild-briar fair?Then, scorn the silly rose-wreath nowAnd deck with thee the hollys sheen,Then when December blights thy browHe still may leave thy garland green. May your life be fruitful, little baby; health, honesty and happiness be your gifts. Do you take this man?Yes I take him, all of him.I take his mother, her better gravy,her hobbling dog, the sucked a lemon sister,the cost of marigolds and geraniums.I do, if its the price for loving you. Let me count the ways.. (Act l.v), But soft! I cannot promise you a life of sunshine;I cannot promise riches, wealth, or gold;I cannot promise you an easy pathwayThat leads away from change or growing old.But I can promise all my hearts devotion;A smile to chase away your tears of sorrow;A love thats ever true and ever growing;A hand to hold in yours through each tomorrow. A wife and husband are each others best friend, Yes, I'll marry you, my dear, I wonder by my troth, what thou and IDid, till we loved ? May you always keep healthy and hearty Until youre old enough to die. God bless both of you. Dear pig, are you willing to sell for one shillingYour ring? Said the Piggy, I will.So they took it away, and were married nest dayBy the Turkey who lives on the hill.They dined on mince, and slices of quince,Which they ate with a runcible spoon;And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,They danced by the light of the moon,The moon,The moon,They danced by the light of the moon. And those who dont love us, May God turn their hearts; And if He doesnt turn their hearts, May He turn their ankles, So we will know them by their limping. Let us toast the health of the bride; Let us toast the health of the groom; Let us toast the person that tied; Let us toast every guest in the room. From this day forward, together, let us love! Paw-fect! O my luve's like a red, red rose . When the Second World War broke out, he refused to fight and was imprisoned for his pacifist views. Hes not perfect. 00:00 We're continuing our Burns theme by celebrating Valentine's And wedid make so many! Source: Wikimedia Commons. in the only way I know how . Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. Marriage offers opportunities for sharing. Heres to the bride and the groom! The symbolic vows that you are about to make are a way of saying to one another, You know all those things weve promised and hoped and dreamed well, I meant it all, every word.. Great health and every good blessing to you. It is anemotionaland physical joining that is promised for a, lifetime. Every heart sings a song, incomplete,until another heart whispers back.Those who wish to sing always find a song.At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet. The famous Scottish poet Robert Burns is acclaimed for his songs and poems. -The two of you are the real epitome of what true love looks like. uplifts, enriches, encourages -Heres to the beginning of a wonderful trip were about to embark on together; may it be full of love, joy, and laughter till the end of time. He Never Leaves The Seat Up, Pam Ayres. You have to work out whether your root was so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because perfect guys dont exist, but theres always one guy that is. 00:00 Vagaland. Say: the world is round and the arctic is cold. The Wedding Scramble. . This can be done either before or after the cutting of the cake. The bridegroom then replies on behalf of himself and his new wife. How do I love thee? Chemistry by Nayyirah Waheed. Scottish Poetry Library; BBC 500 words . "How Do I Love Thee?" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning How do I love thee? to upright beam, From ridge to basement, From floor-joist to roof-truss, Between foundation and attic, Foundation and attic. The Wedding March begins the room filled with pride,To see the joining of love between myself and my bride,As you walk down the aisle the emotion is felt,And as my eyes fixes upon you my heart does melt. Pour out the abundance of your blessing. May you always be just as happy as we wish you always to be. A' course ah love ye darlin'. And the great happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved. From classic to contemporary love poems, these gorgeous romantic poems will make your heart skip a beat when you hear them read during your ceremony or included in a speech at your reception. Echo: Dropt Sapphics - by Heather H. Yeung { Poem } Handscroll Waking with Russell - by Don Paterson { Poem } Whatever the difference is, it all began More Classic Wedding Poems. Congratulations on your wedding. With you in my heart, my life is complete,Youre the air that I breathe and the food that I eat.You are my soul mate, the beat in my heart,It feels like a year each second were apart. In the house where he sleeps let my ears be the leaves at the window. May the bride and groom stay together forever. It is a commitment to life to the best that two people can find and bring out in each other. Its the light from a distant lighthouse bringing you both safely home, because home is wherever you are both together.. It does not envy, it does not boast You probably know the rest. (Extract from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo). I wanna be your Ford Cortina / I will never rust will generate welcome laughs among your guests, while allowing readers who are uneasy with florid language to express their emotions in terms theyre more comfortable with. Respect me for what I am, not for what I was or one day may be. May you be blessed with long life and peace, May you grow old with goodness, and with riches. If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation. For the ends of Being and ideal Grace. Daughter dear, our hearts are filled with joy, We're so happy you've found that one special boy. Interpretation. 4. As once the winged energy of delightcarried you over childhoods dark abysses,now beyond your own life build the greatarch of unimagined bridges. How young we were, what dreams we hadOn that bright September day;As parents, family and friendsCheered us on our wedded way. Peebles Media Group Here are some ways you can congratulate the newlyweds on their special day. Your engagement will be blessed by God above, May ye aye keep hale an herty Till yere auld eneuch tae dee. May your purse always hold a coin or two. / Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup. I, , in the name of the spirit of God that resides within us all, by the life that courses within my blood and the love that resides within my heart, take thee (bride's full name) to my hand, my heart, and my spirit, to be my chosen one. If the blue skies and fair weather youve been dreaming of all the way through your wedding planning fail to materialise on the day itself, console yourself with this reading. John Keats: Keats is known for his diverse and romantic works, and one of Keat's best loved romantic poems is Bright Star. 2. -Cheers to the guy who has succeeded in capturing the affections of the lady who is universally regarded as being the most attractive. even anger is felt more intensely, and passes away more quickly. 110 Brook Street, Glasgow G40 3AP, Peebles Media Group Limited, 2023. Cast it off.It is my lady; O it is my love!O that she knew she were!She speaks, yet she says nothing. You cannot possess me for I belong to myself. My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears,And true plain hearts do in the faces rest;Where can we find two better hemispheresWithout sharp north, without declining west ?Whatever dies, was not mixed equally;If our two loves be one, or thou and ILove so alike that none can slacken, none can die. And the moresouls who resonate together, the greaterthe intensity of their love for, mirror-like,each soul reflects the other. Plan it. -May the pleasures that come your way be as bright as the sunrise and the tragedies that come your way be mere shadows that vanish in the brightness of love. Show your funny side to the special guy in your life with any of these poems for him. / I unwrap it, like tissue, / and sentences, Love has been loitering / down this corridor / has been seen / chatting up out-patients / spinning the wheels of wheelchairs / fluttering the pulse of the night nurse / appearing,, Loch an Iomairs my treasure, cradled in sphagnum /high in the hills between arms of rock / with lobelia pricking, I love you because you love Harris tweed, / How its several times slumped into bankruptcy, / Business plans hauled back from the dead, / Only, Waking in the small hours the night / before you go into hospital, you press / the palm of my hand to your cheek / so, Oh wert thou in the cauld blast, / On yonder lea, on yonder lea; / My plaidie to the angry, Na cluinneam nach eil subh-lir / agad air fhgail sa bhth; / tha mo ghaol-sa gam feitheamh, / . Lets join for an awesome Scottish Wedding. John Donne Sonnet 40: Take all my loves, my love, yea, take them all . Here are some ways you can deliver your speech to entertain the crowd and make the newlyweds smile widely. Funny Scottish Proverbs. I saw a sea that had turned pale. "Variation on the Word Sleep" by Margaret Atwood I would like to watch you sleeping. Is this the part where I say I do?I lost track somewhere aroundus being gathered here together?I dont recall anyone objecting. 4 With all . Marriage understands and forgives the mistakes life is unable to avoid. 00:00 Robert Burns. May you, little baby, be healthy, honest and happy all throughout your life. Here are some of the best short Irish wedding toasts to congratulate the lucky couple. -May the joy you both contribute to one others life be reflected in the happiness your marriage brings to the world. 2. From this day forward, let us laugh together, and plan together, let us find our favourite places, and go together. Please try again later. Today I Marry My Best Friend, Bertrand Russell. The Ex-Poet. the deepest and best of pleasures. That's Liz Lochhead's inspiration for View of Scotland/Love Poem. Whether it's for an anniversary, Valentine's Day, or just because, here's a selection of love poems for your special someone. From that moment of yes to this moment of yes, indeed, you have been making promises and agreements in an informal way. Originally from Ireland, it has a Christian message and a strong sense of optimism for the couples future. If you're nervous about reading a marriage poem, opt for a short wedding poem to avoid having to spend too long in the spotlight. Toasts at weddings are an important part of the festivities because they allow guests to convey their affection, thanks, and well wishes to the newlyweds. The years passed by; a Golden DayBright with love and expectation,As grandchildren, family and friendsJoined the glorious celebration. -I pray that you all continue to walk with a song in your hearts, a bounce in your stride, and a grin on your face. Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments.Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds,or bends with the remover to remove:Oh, no! However, you are not the wind in the orchard, the plums on the counter, or the house of cards. May the bride and bridegroom be in a happy union and spread happiness worldwide. Let us enjoy the sunshine, and the rain,being alone together, and in crowds together. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: This well-known and often studied influential poet has a broad range of works. I, , take thee, , to be my wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, for fairer or fouler, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us depart, according to God's holy ordinance; and thereunto I plight thee my troth. I love you as the plant that doesnt bloom and carrieshidden within itself the light of those flowers,and thanks to your love, darkly in my bodylives the dense fragrance that rises from the earth. gratitude in thoughtful ways. Caitean air uachdar Loch Eiriosort / s an t-anmoch ann, / bha an latha samraidh fada, / gruth is brr a coinneachadh: / tha an gaol a leanas, Here is a letter / come across the ocean / over the back of a world / curved like a whale. to let you see through the windows of my world May this marriage be full of laughter, our every day a day in paradise. editor@scottishfield.co.uk; Wedding Poems James I. I saw a sea that followed the stream. upon N and N in their new life together. Love leaves you little surprises here and there. 00:00 Sydney Goodsir Smith. it is being the right partner. "Better be the lucky man than the lucky man's son.". Love makes messes. Today 5. As you can see, there are so many wonderful wedding poems to choose from, and reciting one at a wedding is a special honour. It needs to be fed so it will grow and stay healthy. And until we meet again, May God hold you in, May your joys be as sweet as spring flowers that grow. For there were countless numbersof stars: each time we looked above we wereastounded by the swiftness of their daring play,while in our hearts we felt safe and securewatching these brilliant bodies disintegrate,knowing somehow we had survived their fall. Beautiful Wedding Readings from Literature "This is what love does: It makes you want to rewrite the world. Copyright 1998-2023 Documents and Designs, LTD. All Rights Reserved. I saw a sea that wanted to stay. Norman MacCaig: A Man In My Position. The truth is your marriage will have many moments in which youll need a good sense of humour to get you through! Do you, , take to be your wife. Along with Byron and Shelley, Keats (1795-1821) is one of the key figures of the Romantic movement. and new ways of expressing your love through the seasons. It's my wedding. Scottish Wedding Blessing Mle filte dhuit le d'bhrid, Fad do r gun robh thu sln. the mistakes that life is unavoidable to avoid. 2. O Pussy my love,What a beautiful Pussy you are,You are,You are!What a beautiful Pussy you are!. Marriage is not only about sharing the love but also exchanging responsibilities with one another. my Beloved! Bad, love, bad! He is a passionate author who wrote on Essays, Poetry, and Journalism. It is remembering to say I love you at least once each day. May the Lord keep you in His hand, and never close His fist too tight on you! A romantic quote always goes down a storm so give these inspiringmarriage quotes a read theyll hit you right in the feels! If there is beauty in the character, there will be harmony in the home. mending, not breaking, which binds them closer than any spoken or written words. " To My Dear and Loving Husband " by Anne Bradstreet. that is just being in love, which any fool can do. -May your lives be blessed with all the love, joy, and pleasure that your hearts may possibly carry in the years to come. It perfectly sums up most modern relationships. Revered by the Russians, adored by the Americans and generally feted around the globe, Robert Burns, The Bard, is Scotlands foremost cultural icon. Marriage is a promise of love. Let me not to the marriage of true minds. its strength never failing. From many good luck rituals and ceremonial customs, enjoy your very own unique Scottish Wedding. Irish sayings about love. / Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf. 9. All these common things, and more, are the real process of awedding.