Wedding Poems

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How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the level of every day's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right.
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.

This was, of course Elizabeth Barret Brownings verse "How Do I Love Thee?"

Searching for good poetry for reading at your wedding or simply to recite to your loved one is sometimes a little difficult. We've put together a list of classical poems that are both romantic and timeless.

"Sonnet XVII" by Pablo Neruda
"Married Love" by Kuan Tao-Sheng
"They Loved These Things Too" by Lisa Jarnot
"A Slice of Wedding Cake" by Robert Graves
"The Ache of Marriage" by Denise Levertov
"To Sylvia, To Wed" by Robert Herrick
"When a Woman Loves a Man" by David Lehman
"The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" by Christopher Marlowe
"Prothalamion for an Autumn Wedding" by May Sarton
"The Two of You" by Czeslaw Milosz
"The Wedding Vow" by Sharon Olds
"To My Dear and Loving Husband" by Anne Bradstreet
"Sonnet on Love XIII" by Jean de Sponde
"A Wedding Toast" by Richard Wilbur
"Marriage" by William Carlos Williams
"A Blessing" by James Wright
"Having a Coke with You" by Frank O'Hara

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