And leave thy petition to His mercy, assured that He will deal well with thee.

If thou art to have a wife of thy youth, she is now living on the earth,

Therefore think of her, and pray for her weal; yea, though thou hast not seen her.

They that love early become like-minded, and the tempter toucheth them not:

They grow up leaning on each other, as the olive and the vine.

Martin F. Tupper.

True wife! fond wife! let us together lean,

Like trees with intertwining boughs, that so

Brave angry skies, whatever winds may blow:

And, though there interpose a cloudy screen,