"To My Dear and Loving Husband" by Anne Bradstreet (Caper's Copy)
Author: Anne Bradstreet
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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 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 persever,
That when we live no more, we may live ever.
The speaker does this by comparing their love to gold and a river.
This is the start of the poem which makes me think that the speaker is going to describe her love life or her strong relationship.This statement also reminds me of a quote i heard of. It said that we have two of everything in our human forms but we don’t have two hearts because we have to find our missing piece.
The speaker does this to explain that their love is worth more than gold. She can also be saying that their love is stronger than gold. She says that to her she feels like their love is worth more/more important than gold.
Source: The Complete Works of Anne Bradstreet (1981)
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