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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PRAYER OF ANY HUSBAND, by MAZIE V. CARUTHERS Poet's Biography First Line: Lord, may there be no moment in her life Last Line: May not the two of us be parted long! Subject(s): Death; Marriage; Prayer; Dead, The; Weddings; Husbands; Wives | |||
Lord, may there be no moment in her life When she regrets that she became my wife, And keep her dear eyes just a trifle blind To my defects, and to my failings kind! Help me to do the utmost that I can To prove myself her measure of a man, But, if I often fail as mortals may, Grant that she never sees my feet of clay! And let her make allowance -- now and then -- That we are only grown-up boys, we men, So, loving all our children, she will see, Sometimes, a remnant of the child in me! Since years must bring to all their load of care, Let us together every burden bear, And when Death beckons one its path along, May not the two of us be parted long! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BLESSING FOR A WEDDING by JANE HIRSHFIELD A SUITE FOR MARRIAGE by DAVID IGNATOW ADVICE TO HER SON ON MARRIAGE by MARY BARBER THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD KISSING AGAIN by DORIANNE LAUX A TIME PAST by DENISE LEVERTOV A BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE by MAZIE V. CARUTHERS |
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