Poems and quotes for wedding invitations

A well-chosen poem or verse can say in a few lines what long paragraphs cannot. Our selection uses public-domain works that are free to use, plus a few lines of our own.

William Shakespeare

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.William Shakespeare, Sonnet 116

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach.Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sonnet 43

Robert Burns

O my Luve’s like a red, red rose
That’s newly sprung in June;
O my Luve’s like the melodie
That’s sweetly play’d in tune.Robert Burns, A Red, Red Rose

Bible verses (King James Version)

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up.1 Corinthians 13:4
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.1 Corinthians 13:13
For whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.Ruth 1:16
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.Song of Solomon 8:7

Short lines of our own

We found each other. Now we’d love to celebrate it with everyone we love.
It’s not the day that matters, but who you begin it with.
Two separate stories, one shared sequel.
The most beautiful journey is the one we take hand in hand.

How to use them

Keep it short: two to four lines are perfect. Place the lines below your names or at the end of the invitation, where they don’t distract from the essential details. In our designer, tap Ideas to insert any of these with one tap and adapt them as you like.

A note on copyright: the poems and verses above are in the public domain and free to use. Quote contemporary authors or modern translations only with the rights holder’s permission.