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Literary Gazette, 28th December, 1822, Page 825 (cont.)

XI. —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 again your emerald gem, There is no colour in the stone; It might have graced a diadem, But now its hue and light are gone! Take back your gift, and give me mine— The kiss that sealed our last love vow; Ah, other lips have been on thine,— My kiss is lost and sullied now! The gem is pale, the kiss forgot, And, more than either, you are changed; But my true love has altered not, My heart is broken—not estranged! L. E. L.