The welcome house of him my dearest guest. Where ever, ever stay, and go not thence, Till natures sad decree shall call thee hence; Flesh of thy flesh, bone of thy bone, I here, thou there, yet both but one.
ATTRIBUTION:
Anne Bradstreet (c. 1612–1672), Anglo-American poet. A Letter to Her Husband, Absent upon Public Employment (l. 22–26). . .
Norton Anthology of Poetry, The. Alexander W. Allison and others, eds. (3d ed., 1983) W. W. Norton & Company.
