# Short Romantic Poem needed **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 2, 2007, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-romantic-poem-needed/398362 "2007-04-02T01:04:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-romantic-poem-needed/398362/1 "2007-04-02T01:04:53Z")
Hi Everyone, I’m hoping for a little assistance with an artistic bent to it. I’m getting married in 19 days :eek: And for our wedding night I have booked us into a 5 star hotel and ponied up for their “romance” package, which includes rose petals scattered about on the bed, having a bath already run and waiting, etc, etc that sort of jazz. One of the little touches is a bottle of champers, with a personalised label, where the hotel has the label done up by a printer. They have offered me the opportunity to come up with what text I want printed on the label. So I have 3-4 lines of text with 3-4 word on each line. I was thinking an excerpt from a poem would be nice, so can anyone suggest an appropriate poem, or portion thereof? Thanks All. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-romantic-poem-needed/398362/2 "2007-04-02T01:16:28Z")
_Cos you and I both know tricks are for kids So get the Don Perignon outta the fridge I wanna do the first thing that comes to mind Cos on a scale of one to ten No question you’re a dime_ Or maybe \*If you want my body and you think I’m sexy Come on, sugar, let me know If you really need me just reach out and touch me Come on, honey, tell me so \* Or the more traditional \*I love thee, I love but thee With a love that shall not die Till the sun grows cold And the stars grow old. \* ~ by William Shakespeare ~ ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-romantic-poem-needed/398362/3 "2007-04-02T01:25:14Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Or the more traditional \*I love thee, I love but thee With a love that shall not die Till the sun grows cold And the stars grow old. \* ~ by William Shakespeare ~ [/QUOTE] This is a nice verse, but it’s not Shakespeare. It’s from [Bedouin Song](http://www.pdmusic.org/1800s/72bs.txt) by Bayard Taylor. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-romantic-poem-needed/398362/4 "2007-04-02T01:31:04Z")
When You are Old When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or true, But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face; Yeats. I’ve left off the last stanza. It makes it rather more depressing. ---
**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-romantic-poem-needed/398362/5 "2007-04-02T01:36:00Z")
There’s several nice ones [here](http://tinyurl.com/ysatfh) ---
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-romantic-poem-needed/398362/6 "2007-04-02T02:19:16Z")
Roses are red Violets are blue I want to put My penis in you ---
**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-romantic-poem-needed/398362/7 "2007-04-02T02:57:06Z")
[QUOTE=dbygawdcapn] Roses are red Violets are blue I want to put My penis in you [/QUOTE] :eek: While I don’t think that really fits the tone I’m looking for, I’m still going to have to find somewhere to use that 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-romantic-poem-needed/398362/8 "2007-04-02T03:11:52Z")
Well, there’s my City of Heros/Villains one : \*There was a lady from the Rogue Isles Who ensnared a hero with her wiles They romped around in bed until both were nearly dead Now he does villainy, all smiles !\* Not much good for you unless she’s a gamer, I’m afraid . . . ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-romantic-poem-needed/398362/9 "2007-04-02T03:33:31Z")
Mazel tov on your wedding. This is just the first quote that came to mind. If you want something more classical, I’ll have to think harder… If the sun refused to shine, I would still be loving you. When mountains crumble to the sea, There will still be you and me. ~Led Zeppelin, “Thank You” ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-romantic-poem-needed/398362/10 "2007-04-02T03:41:02Z")
There once was a man from Nantucket ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-romantic-poem-needed/398362/11 "2007-04-02T04:01:09Z")
if she’s religiously (judeo-christian) inclined: i take the apple given me and proceed to take a bite i had to do something with it it was given me by my wife that rib that became a woman has caused a lot of pain i can’t say having a complement is really such a gain you can’t take her fishing she thinks the worms are icky but she’ll stick her tongue on mine and lick warm and sticky her voice is different smooth and high and sometimes for no reason she just starts to cry her shape is different, too (i must admit, that i like) but i wish instead of woman God had brought to me a bike! or a boat or some shoes or… ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-romantic-poem-needed/398362/12 "2007-04-02T04:02:10Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] There once was a man from Nantucket [/QUOTE] Who carried his balls in a bucket ---
**Author:** ![MerryMagdalen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@MerryMagdalen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MerryMagdalen)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-romantic-poem-needed/398362/13 "2007-04-02T05:05:34Z")
Somewhat along the lines of **Rubystreak’s** suggestion: I may not always love you But long as there are stars above you You never need to doubt it I’ll make you so sure about it God only knows what I’d be without you… -The Beach Boys, “God Only Knows” ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-romantic-poem-needed/398362/14 "2007-04-02T05:10:32Z")
[QUOTE=Quiddity Glomfuster] There’s several nice ones [here](http://tinyurl.com/ysatfh) [/QUOTE] > [@](#): > > I wish I had the gift of making rhymes, > for methinks there is poetry in my head and heart > since I have been in love with you. > – Nathaniel Hawthorne to his wife, Sophia I read this quote on that page, and all I could think of was Herman Melville. Why? Because Herman Melville transferred his love for Nathaniel Hawthorne into metaphorical cannibalism in his books and letters to Hawthorne himself. Unable to express his love for another man, he turned to a poetic device to do so. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-romantic-poem-needed/398362/15 "2007-04-02T07:31:48Z")
[QUOTE=GreedySmurf] So I have 3-4 lines of text with 3-4 word on each line… [/QUOTE] Looks like “Roses are red” is the only one in the running here… ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-romantic-poem-needed/398362/16 "2007-04-02T07:34:40Z")
How’s about: “Grow old along with me, the rest is yet to be” - Robert Browning ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-romantic-poem-needed/398362/17 "2007-04-02T12:13:11Z")
My love is for you My heart, yours alone For now and forever more Let’s make love our home Sickly sweet and romantic as per fits the occasion, short enough to fit, nice pun on ‘let’s make love’ at the end. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-romantic-poem-needed/398362/18 "2007-04-02T12:17:40Z")
There’s a Margaret Atwood poem that’s always stuck with me: _We fit together Like hook and eye A fish hook An open eye_ ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-romantic-poem-needed/398362/19 "2007-04-02T14:26:57Z")
Here’s a couple from Happy. Don’t you know I’ll have nobody else I’m in love with you and it feels good # Oh this is where life begins If love is a game I win (this one’s probably too long) I want to go wherever you go Because all the colors are brighter there There is more magic in the air Wherever you go Here and hereafter I want to go wherever you go Because the sun feels a little warmer there You make me feel so happy I swear Wherever you go Here and hereafter === ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-romantic-poem-needed/398362/20 "2007-04-02T14:26:57Z")
[QUOTE=pulykamell] How’s about: “Grow old along with me, the rest is yet to be” - Robert Browning [/QUOTE] Shouldn’t that be: “Grow old along with me, the _ **best** _ is yet to be” ? (Opening line from [Rabbi Ben Ezra](http://www.poeticexpressions.co.uk/POEMS/Grow%20old%20along%20with%20me.htm) .) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-romantic-poem-needed/398362.md?page=2)