Monday, November 19, 2012

A Prayer for the Bride .....




....And may her bridegroom bring her to a house...








auspicious greetings at the doorway


... where all's accustomed ceremonious...
 


...How but in custom and in ceremony...



...Are innocence and beauty born ?

the double happiness symbol  used for wedding ceremonies
 


...Ceremony's a name for the rich horn...

whisper sweet nothings, eat sweet somethings ....
 
 
tea ceremony
 


...And custom for the spreading laurel tree.



the laurel tree

Verse taken from WB Yeats A Prayer for my Daughter

.....And may her bridegroom bring her to a house
Where all's accustomed, ceremonious;
For arrogance and hatred are the wares
Peddled in the thoroughfares
How but in custom and in ceremony
Are innocence and beauty born?
Ceremony's a name for the rich horn,
And custom for the spreading laurel tree.