Thee, Mary, with this Ring I wed
| First Line | Thee, Mary, with this Ring I wed |
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| Author | Samuel Bishop |
| Date | 1796 |
| Description | Occasional (Presentation of gift) [Love; Courtship, marriage]. Transcribed from Bishop, Samuel. "To the Same, on the Anniversary of her Wedding Day, which was also her Birth Day. With a Ring." The poetical works of the Rev. Samuel Bishop... vol. 2, 1796, pp. 19–22. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0116327478. |
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Transcription
"Thee, Mary, with this Ring I wed" —
So, fourteen Years ago, I said. —
Behold another Ring! — "for what?"
"To wed thee o'er again?" — Why not?
With that first Ring I married Youth,
Grace, Beauty, Innocence, and Truth;
Taste long admir'd, Sense long rever'd,
And all my MOLLY then appear'd.
If she, by Merit since disclos'd,
Prove twice the Woman I suppos'd,
I plead that double Merit now,
To justify a double Vow.
Here then to-day, (with Faith as sure,
With Ardor as intense, as pure,
As when, amidst the Rites divine,
I took thy Troth, and plighted mine,)
To thee, sweet Girl, my second Ring
A Token and a Pledge I bring:
With this I wed, till death us part,
Thy riper Virtues to my heart;
Those Virtues, which before untry'd,
The Wife has added to the Bride:
Those Virtues, whose progressive claim,
Endearing Wedlock's very name,
My soul enjoys, my song approves,
For conscience' sake, as well as Love's.
And why? — They shew me every hour,
Honour's high thought, Affection's power,
Discretion's deed, sound Judgment's sentence, —
— And teach me all things — but Repentance. —
Beinecke Osborn c391
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1761-1790 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Page: n/a
Local title: Verses sent by a gentleman to his lady, with a ring, by the author of those with a knife.
Attributed author: a gentleman.
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a
Beinecke Osborn d49
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
pp. 27–28
Local title: A Gentleman, on the late anniversary of his wedding-day, presented his wife with a Ring and the following Lines.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: Preceded by another Samuel Bishop poem (though not attributed as such), "A Knife, dear girl, cuts love, they say..."
Clark MS 2019.001
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Clark Library |
pp. 97–99.
Local title: Verses given with a ring by a Gentleman to his Lady on the anniversary of his wedding day.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: First line: Thee Betsy with this ring I wed...
Other: n/a
Folger MS M.a.182
| Title | A miscellaneous collection in prose and vers [...] |
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| Period | 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
Begun on p. 113, p. 112 cut-out, so p. 113 pasted-in as p. 112; finishes as originally copied on p. 114.
Local title: Lines addressed to a lady, by her husband on the anniversary of their marriage.
Attributed author: her Husband.
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a
Folger MS M.a.53–58
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1761-1790 , 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
pp. 299–301.
Local title: A Gentleman on his late Anniversary of his wedding day presented his Wife with a Ring & the following Lines.
Attributed author: Mr Bishop.
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a
Folger MS W.a.271
| Title | Poetry |
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| Period | 1761-1790 |
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
pp. 61–62.
Local title: To Mrs Bishop with a Ring—sent by her Husband.
Attributed author: Her Husband.
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a
Leeds Brotherton Lt 100
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1761-1790 , 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Brotherton Library |
ff. 104r–103v inverted.
Local title: To Mrs Locke with a Ring.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a
Leeds Brotherton Lt 11
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1701-1730 |
| Archive | Brotherton Library |
pp. 304–305.
Local title: A gentleman on the late anniversary of his wedding day presented his wife with a ring & the following lines.
Attributed author: A gentleman.
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a
UChicago Library Codex Ms. 515
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1731-1760 |
| Archive | University of Chicago Special Collections and Research Center |
Folio 20
Local title: A Gentleman on the late anniversary of his Wedding day, presented his Wife with a Ring and the following lines
Attributed author: unattributed.
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a
UChicago Library Codex Ms. 522
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1761-1790 , 1791-1820 |
| Archive | University of Chicago Special Collections and Research Center |
Pg. 12
Local title: untitled
Attributed author: unattributed
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a
UChicago Library Codex Ms. 557
| Title | Farago |
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| Period | 1731-1760 , 1761-1790 |
| Archive | University of Chicago Special Collections and Research Center |
Pp. 227
Local title: From a Gentleman to his Wife on their wedding day with a Ring
Attributed author: Unattributed.
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a
UChicago Library Codex Ms. 581
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1761-1790 |
| Archive | University of Chicago Special Collections and Research Center |
pp. 304–306
Local title: To Mrs — with a Ring. 1778.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: possibly accompanied by a source attribution; "1-1-80. Russ—altakid" (or something like that) is written at the bottom of the last page.