Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO MY DEAR AND LOVING HUSBAND, by ANNE BRADSTREET


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TO MY DEAR AND LOVING HUSBAND, by             Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: If ever two were one, then surely we
Last Line: That when we live no more, we may live ever.
Subject(s): Children; Future Life; Home; Love; Love - Marital; Marriage; Puritans; Sickness; Childhood; Retribution; Eternity; After Life; Wedded Love; Marriage - Love; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Illness


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 aught but love from thee, give recompense.
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
That when we live no more, we may live ever.






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