If ever two were one, then surely we.
If ever man were lov’d 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 then 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 lets so persever,
That when we live no more, we may live ever.

Resources

To my Dear and Loving Husband Written by Anne Bradstreet in 1666 belongs to the Public Domain

Currier & Ives, and F Palmer. The Four Seasons of Life: Youth “The season of love.” J.M. Ives, del. ; drawn by F.F. Palmer and J. Cameron, is in the Public Domain.