Bartlett's Words for the Wedding (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780316016964)

Barlette's Words for the Wedding is an essential resource for anyone planning a wedding ceremony or renewing vows. Comprising passages from Plato, Sappho, Shakespeare, Shelley, Auden, Rilke, and many others, this gorgeous edition is a source for inspiration and an invaluable core text from which to select passages. Beautifully packaged, Barlette's Words for the Wedding includes prose and poetry selections from ancient times to the modern day.

A sample from St. Augustine: What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.

Barlette's Words for the Wedding includes prose and poetry selections from ancient times to the modern day. A sample from St. Augustine: What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.

Author: Aimee Kelley, Brett Fletcher Lauer
ISBN-10: 0316016969
ISBN-13: 9780316016964
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Language: English
Published: 01/02/2007
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.42h x 5.76w x 0.91d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/20/2006 pg. 38