Trusty, dusky, vivid, true, <br />With eyes of gold and bramble-dew, <br />Steel-true and blade-straight, <br />The great artificer <br />Made my mate. <br /> <br />Honour, anger, valour, fire; <br />A love that life could never tire, <br />Death quench or evil stir, <br />The mighty master <br />Gave to her. <br /> <br />Teacher, tender, comrade, wife, <br />A fellow-farer true through life, <br />Heart-whole and soul-free <br />The august father <br />Gave to me.<br /><br />Robert Louis Stevenson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/my-wife-30/
