That I may come near to my husband, draw me nearer to Thee than to him.
That I may know my husband, make me to know Thee more than him.
That I may love my husband with the perfect love of a perfectly whole heart, cause me to love Thee more than him and most of all.
That nothing may be between me and my husband, be Thou between us, every moment.
That we may be constantly together, draw us into separate loneliness with Thyself.
And when we meet breast to breast, O God, let it be upon Thine own.
Temple Gairdner