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A MARRIAGE RING, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: The ring, so worn as you behold
Last Line: Worn with life's care, love yet was love.
Variant Title(s): His Mother's Wedding-ring;his Late Wife's Wedding Ring
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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