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.