Depose Your Finger of That Ring

Richard Lovelace 1618 – 1657



I.

Depose your finger of that ring,
And crowne mine with't awhile;
Now I restor't. Pray, dos it bring
Back with it more of soile?
Or shines it not as innocent,
As honest, as before 'twas lent?

II.

So then inrich me with that treasure,
'Twill but increase your store,
And please me (faire one) with that pleasure
Must please you still the more.
Not to save others is a curse
The blackest, when y'are ne're the worse.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABABXX CDCDEE
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 420
Words 80
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 6

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