EMBLEMATICAL PROPERTIES OF THE WEDDING RING
... emblem of happiness, not bought nor sold, Accept this modest ring of virgin gold. + Love in the small but perfect circle trace, And duty in its soft though strict embrace, Plain, precious, pure, as best becomes the wift; Yet firm to bear the frequent rubs of life. Connubial love disdains a fragile toy, Which rust can tarnish, or a touch destroy; Nor much admires what courts the gen'ral gaze, ...