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Civil Wedding ReadingsIt is quite usual to have readings and poetry at civil weddings. These are traditionally read by close friends and family or even the bride and groom to each other! There are strict guidelines on what is acceptable and must be non-religious. Each registrar may have differing views on what has religious connotations and what does not. Robbie Williams "Angels" was deemed to be religious at one point - so it is very important to check with the registrars office, rather than be disappointed on the day. Each ceremony has time for a couple of readings if they are of suitable length. You may be able to include more if they are short. Your local registrars office can give you a list of suitable readings and poetry, and we have included the most popular ones below. Civil Wedding Readings Dove Poem Two doves meeting in the sky Two loves hand in hand eye to eye Two parts of a loving whole Two hearts and a single soul Two stars shining big and bright Two fires bringing warmth and light Two songs played in perfect tune Two flowers growing into bloom Two Doves gliding in the air Two loves free without a care Two parts of a loving whole Two hearts and a single soul Anon Love and Friendship Love is like the wild rose-briar Friendship like the holly tree The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms But which will bloom most constantly? The wild rose-briar is sweet in spring, Its summer blossoms scent the air Yet wait till winter comes again And who will call the wild-briar fair? Then, scorn the silly rose-wreath now And deck with thee the holly's sheen, Then when December blights thy brow He still may leave thy garland green. Emily Bronte If Thou Must Love Me If thou must love me, let it be for naught Except for love's sake only. Do not say “I love her for her smile...her look... her way of speaking gently -for a trick of thought That falls in well with mine and certes bought A sense of pleasant ease on such a day.” For these things in themselves, beloved, may be changed, or changed for thee – and love so wrought may be unwrought so. Elizabeth Barrett Browning The Art of Marriage A good marriage must be created, In marriage, the little things are the big things. It is never being too old to hold hands. It is remembering to say “I love you” at least once a day. It is never going to sleep angry. It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives. It is standing together and facing the world. It is forming a circle of love that gathers in the whole family. It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways. It is having the capacity to forgive and forget. It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow. It is a common search for the good and the beautiful. It is not only marrying the right person – It is being the right partner Anon Captain Corelli's Mandolin Love is a temporary madness, it erupts like volcanoes and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your root was so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. It is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. that is just being in love, which any fool can do. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Those that truly love have roots that grow towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossoms have fallen from their branches, they find that they are one tree and not two. Louis de Bernieres True love True love is a sacred flame That burns eternally, And none can dim its special glow Or change its destiny True love speaks in tender tones And hears with gentle ear, True love gives with open heart and true love conquers fear. True love makes no harsh demands It neither rules nor binds, and true love holds with gentle hands The hearts that it entwines Anon 'Yes, I'll Marry You' Yes, I'll marry you, my dear, and here's the reason why; So I can push you out of bed when the baby starts to cry, And if we hear a knocking and it's creepy and it's late, I hand you the torch you see, and you investigate. Yes I'll marry you, my dear, you may not apprehend it, But when the tumble-drier goes it's you that has to mend it, You have to face the neighbour should our labrador attack him, And if a drunkard fondles me it's you that has to whack him. Yes, I'll marry you, You're virile and you're lean, My house is like a pigsty you can help to keep it clean. That sexy little dinner which you served by candlelight, As I do chipolatas, you can cook it every night! It's you who has to work the drill and put up curtain track, And when I've got PMT it's you who gets the flak, I do see great advantages, But none of them for you, and so before you see the light, I do, I do, I do! Pam Ayres Wedding Wind The wind blew all my wedding-day, And my wedding-night was the night of the high wind; And a stable door was banging, again and again, That he must go and shut it, leaving me Stupid in candlelight, hearing rain, Seeing my face in the twisted candlestick, Yet seeing nothing. When he came back He said the horses were restless, and I was sad That any man or beast that night should lack The happiness I had. Now in the day All’s ravelled under the sun by the wind’s blowing. He has gone to look at the floods, and I Carry a chipped pail to the chicken-run, Set it down, and stare. All is the wind Hunting through clouds and forests, thrashing My apron and the hanging cloths on the line. Can it be borne, this bodying-forth by wind Of joy my actions turn on, like a thread Carrying beads? Shall I be let to sleep Now this perpetual morning shares my bed? Can even death dry up These new delighted lakes, conclude Our kneeling as cattle by all-generous waters? Philip Larkin Sonnet 116 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: O, no! it is an ever-fixed mark, That looks on tempests and is not shaken; It is the star to every wandering bark, Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken. Love's not time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Within his bending sickle's compass come; Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of doom, If this be error, and upon me proved, I never writ, nor no man ever loved. William Shakespeare Sonnet 116 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: O, no! it is an ever-fixed mark, That looks on tempests and is not shaken; It is the star to every wandering bark, Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken. Love's not time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Within his bending sickle's compass come; Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of doom, If this be error, and upon me proved, I never writ, nor no man ever loved. William Shakespeare A Red, Red Rose O, my love's like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June: O my love's like the melodie, That's sweetly play'd in tune. As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in love am I, And I will love thee still, my dear, Till a' the seas gang dry. Till a' the seas gang dry, my Dear,And the rocks melt wi' the sun: I will love thee still, my Dear, While the sands o' life shall run. And fare thee weel, my only love, And fare thee weel a while! And I will come again, my love. Tho' it were ten thousand mile! Robert Burns On Your Wedding Day Today is a day you will always remember The greatest in anyone's life You'll start off the day just two people in love And end it as Husband and Wife It's a brand new beginning the start of a journey With moments to cherish and treasure And although there'll be times when you both disagree These will surely be outweighed by pleasure You'll have heard many words of advice in the past When the secrets of marriage were spoken But you know that the answers lie hidden inside Where the bond of true love lies unbroken So live happy forever as lovers and friends It's the dawn of a new life for you As you stand there together with love in your eyes From the moment you whisper 'I do' And with luck, all your hopes, and your dreams can be real May success find it's way to your hearts Tomorrow can bring you the greatest of joys But today is the day it all starts Author Unknown We |
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