`` i pledge my sword , my body , and my heart ... , '' he began and then continued , pausing between each line : ... to the angel who watches over me the healer who mends me the efficient lass who keeps my household the seer who warns me of danger the helpmate who makes my burdens lighter the mother of my future children the faery lass who weaves magic in my nights and the woman who makes me whole , you are everything i ever longed for and every woman i will ever need .