| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. (1878–1962). Anthology of Massachusetts Poets. 1922. |
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| Marriage |
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| YOU, who have given me your name, | |
| And with your laws have made me wife, | |
| To share your failures and your fame, | |
| Whose word has made me yours for life. | |
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| What proof have you that you hold me? | 5 |
| That in reality I’m one | |
| With you, through all eternity? | |
| What proof when all is said and done? | |
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| In spite of all the laws you’ve made, | |
| I’m free. I am no part of you. | 10 |
| But wait—the last word is not said; | |
| You’re mine, for I’m myself and you. | |
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| All through my veins there flows your blood, | |
| In you there is no part of me. | |
| By virtue of my motherhood | 15 |
| Through me you live eternally. | |
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