Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
George Crabbe. 1754–1832482. A Marriage Ring
| 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. |