Wedding Proposal

The Wedding Proposal By Bayard Taylor

The violet loves a sunny bank,
The cowslip loves the lea,
The Scarlet creeper loves the elm,
But I love — thee.

The sunshine kisses mount and vale,
The stars they kiss the sea,
The west winds kiss the clover bloom,
But I kiss — thee.

The oriole weds his mottled mate,
The lilies bride o’ the bee
Heaven’s marriage ring is round the earth —
Shall I wed thee?

The Wedding Proposal is a rarely used love poem in weddings nowadays but deserves to be read far more often.

Its simplicity of showing love and romance across nature with each verse ending in a simple statement showing the connection between nature and his own love for his prospective bride with the marriage proposal being in the very last line.  You can just imagine Bernard Taylor (the writer of this loving poem) dropping to his knee to speak the last verse.

Interestingly Bernard Taylor wrote a long list of poetry books having been commisioned by various publishers to walk across the United States to inspire him in his thinking of new love poetry topics.

Born in 1825 in Pennsylvania his first poem was published when he was only 16 years of age.  He died in Germany in 1878 whilst serving as minister to Germany on behalf of the American Government.

If you are thinking of a wedding proposal and looking to use a very simple romantic and loving poem then do consider this.

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