By Jordan Ellis Christensen (G)
A faithful female who can find?
A godfearing girl who can get?
A man may mine much in the mounts
And search and seek for silver sound
All his seasons and ne’er receive.
Such a wife is worth more than wealth
She’s rarer than all rubies rich!
Beloved I’ve found of the like!
This love shall last for all my life!
Elm made for Ash
‘Tis well that a were1 should have a wife;
Right that a houseruler have a rib.
Aweful ‘tis an ash2 without his elm
And weep and woe should him overwhelm.
