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THE POSY RING by CLEMENT MAROT

Poem Explanation

First Line: THIS ON THY POSY-RING I'VE WRIT
Last Line: AND STAYED, WHOSE NAMES HEREON I'VE WRIT.
Subject(s): FAITH; LOVE; BELIEF; CREED;

THIS on thy posy-ring I've writ:
"True Love and Faith"
For, failing Love, Faith droops her head,
And lacking faith, why love is dead
And's but a wraith.
But Death is stingless where they've lit
And stayed, whose names hereon I've writ.



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