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