Fain would I wed a fair young man that night and day could please me, When my mind or body grieved that had the power to ease me. Maids are full of longing thoughtsthat breed a bloodless sickness, And that, oft I hear men say, is only cured by quickness.

-Campion,Thomas
  Fourth Book of  Airs,'Fain Would I  Wed'.

With this kiss I wed thee once again.

-Heywood,Thomas
c.1607  A Woman Killed  with Kindness, sc.16.

'Why weep ye by the tide, ladie? Why weep ye by the tide? I'll wed ye to my youngest son, And ye sall be his bride: And ye sall be his bride, ladie, Sae comely to be seen'ö But aye she loot the tears down fa' For Jock of Hazeldean.

-Scott, Sir Walter
  'Jock of Hazeldean', stanza1.

And Thought leapt out to wed withThought EreThought could wed itself with Speech.

-Tennyson
  In Memoriam A.H.H., canto 23, l.15^16.