Wedding

May 5th, 2008
Grow old along with me
the best is yet to be.
~ Robert Browning

Two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one.
~ Friedrich Halm
The heart of marriage is memories.
      ~ Bill Cosby, Love and Marriage

Fairy Tales
Fairy tales come true,
under skies laced in blue.
The groom and his bride
hand in hand, side by side.
And the Lord God said, It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
~ Genesis 2:18

I Do, I Will, I Have 
by Ogden NashHow wise I am to have instructed the butler to instruct the first footman to instruct the second footman to instruct the doorman to order my carriage;
I am about to volunteer a definition of marriage.
Just as I know that there are two Hagens, Walter and Copen,
I know that marriage is a legal and religious alliance entered into by a man who can’t sleep with the window shut and a woman who can’t sleep with the window open.
Moreover, just as I am unsure of the difference between flora and fauna and flotsam and jetsam,
I am quite sure that marriage is the alliance of two people one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other never forgetsam,
And he refuses to believe there is a leak in the water pipe or the gas pipe and she is convinced she is about to asphyxiate or drown,
And she says Quick get up and get my hairbrushes off the windowsill, it’s raining in, and he replies Oh they’re all right, it’s only raining straight down.
That is why marriage is so much more interesting than divorce, 
Because it’s the only known example of the happy meeting of the immovable object and the irresistible force.
So I hope husbands and wives will continue to debate and combat over everything debatable and combatable,
Because I believe a little incompatibility is the spice of life, particularly if he has income and she is pattable.

The road is bright before us
as hand in hand we start,
One mind, one soul, 
one heart.

“When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.”  ~ From the movie When Harry Met Sally

To My Bride
Author unknownTo my bride, I give you my heart,
Sharing love each day, from the very start.To my bride, I give you my kiss,
Filling each day with joy and bliss.

To my bride, I give you my being,
To love, to play, to work and to sing.

To my bride, I give you my mind,
Learning each day to be more kind.

To my bride, I give you my soul,
Growing together to be more whole.

To my bride, I give you my life,
Rejoicing each day that you are my wife.

Always Marry an April Girl 
by Ogden NashPraise the spells and bless the charms,
I found April in my arms.
April golden, April cloudy,
Gracious, cruel, tender, rowdy;
April soft in flowered languor,
April cold with sudden anger,
Ever changing, ever true –
I love April, I love you.

A Word to Husbands
by Ogden NashA Word to Husbands
To keep your marriage brimming
With love in the loving cup,
Whenever you’re wrong admit it;
Whenever you’re right, shut up.

May God be with you and bless you,
May you see your children’s children,
May you be poor in misfortune, rich in blessings.
May you know nothing but happiness
From this day forward.
~ Irish Blessing

Apache Song

Now you will feel no rain,
for each of you will be a shelter to the other.
Now you will feel no cold,
for each of you will be warmth to the other.

Now there is no loneliness for you;
For each of you will be companion to the other.

Now you are two bodies,
but there is only one life before you.

Go now to your dwelling place,
to enter into your days together.

And may your days be good
and long on the earth.

 
This compilation has been collected for the intention of offering inspiration and embellishment for the personal scrapbooks, journals and cards of crafters.  If you intend to create works for sale, please seek the permission of the author or copyright holder.  Ogden Nash poems Copyright © by Linell Nash Smith and Isabel Nash Eberstadt

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