To my dear and loving husband

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

by Anne (Dudley) Bradstreet (1612?-1672) , "To my dear and loving husband"

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Ernst Bacon (1898-1990) , "To a loving husband" [voice, piano]
by Leslie R. Bassett (1923-) , "To my dear and loving husband", published 1977 [soprano and piano], from Five Love Songs, no. 3.
by Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) , "To my dear and loving husband", published 1977 [SAMTBarB, orchestra], from Songfest, no. 6.
by Ned Rorem (1923-) , "To my dear and loving husband", published 1979, from Women's Voices, no. 3.

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