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A MARRIAGE RING by GEORGE CRABBE

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE RING, SO WORN AS YOU BEHOLD
Last Line: WORN WITH LIFE'S CARE, LOVE YET WAS LOVE.
Subject(s): JEWELRY & JEWELERS; LOVE - MARITAL; MARRIAGE; RINGS; BRACELETS; NECKLACES; WEDDED LOVE; MARRIAGE - LOVE; WEDDINGS; HUSBANDS; WIVES;

THE ring, so worn as you behold,
So thin, so pale, is yet of gold:
The passion such it was to prove --
Worn with life's care, love yet was love.




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