Soft-spoken, mild, obedient, A good girl who believes in God, Such was the blessing I was sent, Who let me love her mind and bod. She wasn't old but she was wise In how a woman serves a man, And gives him, not just sweetest eyes, But her allegiance, as she can. Devotion, Lord, and rites of pa**ion, As in the holy name fulfilled, Not jealousy nor quest for fashion To ever see his pa**ion k**ed. Forgive me, Lord, if it is wrong For many loves as this to long.