For I feel that they love me as father,
And welcome my tender caress.
There’s my faithful, my trusting companion,
My kind-hearted dear loving wife;
I have toil’d for her comfort with pleasure,
For such was the pride of my life.
And still in my manhood I love her,
For her kind and affectionate care,
And all that the earth can afford me,
With her I most willingly share.