8
I preferred her to scepters and thrones, and I accounted wealth as nothing in comparison with her.
9
Neither did I liken to her any priceless gem, because all gold is but a little sand in her sight, and silver will be accounted as clay before her.
10
I loved her more than health and beauty, and I chose to have her rather than light, because her radiance never ceases.
11
All good things came to me along with her, and in her hands uncounted wealth.
12
I rejoiced in them all, because wisdom leads them; but I did not know that she was their mother.
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