wedding poem

A marriage celebrates a new beginning:

A couple starting out as man and wife.

A shower celebrates a happy ending:

The last days of a woman's single life.

The wide world now has narrowed to a garden

In which I will my pleasures plant and reap.

The outlines of my character will harden

According to the promises I keep.

My joy will soon become a melody

In counterpoint to those for whom I care,

Seeking a profounder harmony

Than any I alone could know or bear.

So shall I find a greater grace within.

One life is over: Let the new begin!

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Marriage is the union of

A greater sum than two in love.

Relatives are made by rites

Relating in-laws to delights.

In bringing families together,

A million lives are changed forever.

Go then in joy, yourselves to please:

Each love shapes many destinies.