THE EMERALD RING.
A SUPERSTITION.
It is a gem which hath the power to show
If plighted lovers keep their faith, or no:
If faithful, it is like the leaves of spring;
If faithless, like those leaves when withering.
Take back your emerald gem,
There is no colour in the stone;
It might have graced a diadem,
But now its hue and light are gone!
