The Posy-Ring

Ford Madox Hueffer

1873 to 1939

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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.