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To My Dear and Loving Husband

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To my Dear and Loving Husband
by Anne Bradstreet
43741To my Dear and Loving HusbandAnne Bradstreet

If ever two were one, then surely we.
If ever man were loved by wife, then thee;
If ever wife was happy in a man,
Compare with me, ye women, if you can.

I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold,
Or all the riches that the East doth hold.
My love is such that rivers cannot quench,
Nor ought but love from thee give recompence.

Thy love is such I can no way repay;
The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray.
Then while we live, in love let's so persever[e],
That when we live no more, we may live ever.

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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