These rings, O my beloved pair
These rings,1 O my beloved pair,
For me on your brown fingers wear:
Each, a perpetual caress
To tell you of my tenderness.
Let — when at morning as ye rise
The golden topaz takes your eyes —
To each her emblem whisper sure
Love was awake an hour before.
Ah yes! an hour before ye woke
Low to my heart my emblem spoke,
And grave, as to renew an oath,
It I have kissed and blessed you both.1 Stevenson had three topaz rings made, topaz being the stone of his birth month, November. His initials were inscribed inside two of the rings, and these he gave to Mrs. Stevenson and her daughter.
For me on your brown fingers wear:
Each, a perpetual caress
To tell you of my tenderness.
Let — when at morning as ye rise
The golden topaz takes your eyes —
To each her emblem whisper sure
Love was awake an hour before.
Ah yes! an hour before ye woke
Low to my heart my emblem spoke,
And grave, as to renew an oath,
It I have kissed and blessed you both.1 Stevenson had three topaz rings made, topaz being the stone of his birth month, November. His initials were inscribed inside two of the rings, and these he gave to Mrs. Stevenson and her daughter.
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