VII + 

“If the domestic hearth could bless⁠— + 

My sum of happiness contained; + 

If wife and children to possess + 

A happy destiny ordained: + 

If in the scenes of home I might + 

E’en for an instant find delight, + 

Then, I say truly, none but thee + 

I would desire my bride to be⁠— + 

I say without poetic phrase, + 

Found the ideal of my youth, + 

Thee only would I choose, in truth, + 

As partner of my mournful days, + 

Thee only, pledge of all things bright, + 

And be as happy⁠—as I might. + 