Valentine's Day Surprise
Robyn surprised me with a HUGE bouquet of balloons,
a bag of gourmet chocolates, and a homemade card.
Plus this poem:
To My Dear and Loving Husband
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 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 in 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.
Anne Bradstreet (1612-72)
See link.
Thanks for your love, Robyn!
I love good poetry, and Anne Bradstreet is found in many anthologies.
Wikipedia: "Anne Bradstreet (born Anne Dudley; c. 1612 – September 16, 1672) was the first poet and first female writer in the British North American colonies to be published. Her first volume of poetry was The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America, published in 1650. It was met with a positive reception in both the Old World and New World."
