paternal (adj.)
- adoring
- affectionate
- ancestral
- concerned
- conjugal
- demonstrative
- devoted
- faithful
- fatherlike
- fatherly
- filial
- fond
- husbandly
- indulgent
- kindly
- lovelorn
- lovesick
- lovesome
- loving
- maternal
- melting
- motherlike
- motherly
- parent
- parental
- patriarchal
- patrilineal
- patrilinear
- patrimonial
- romantic
- sentimental
- soft
- solicitous
- tender
- uxorious
- wifely
Happy the man whose wish and care
A few paternal acres bound.