To My Dear and Loving Husband

To My Dear and Loving Husband by Anne Bradstreet http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/webtexts/Bradstreet/bradhyp.htm

If ever two were one, then surely we.

If ever man were loved by wife, then thee;

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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 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 persevere

That when we live no more, we may live ever.

Reflection: This poem is about the love a woman holds for her husband, and how great it is. It is her treasure, and she prizes it more than anything in the whole world. She uses examples of the worlds treasures to demonstrate how much it means to her that they love each other, and how no one can share the same love that they share.