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 Who comes with Summer to this earth
 And owes to June her day of birth,
  With ring read more 
 Who comes with Summer to this earth
 And owes to June her day of birth,
  With ring of Agate on her hand,
   Can health, wealth, and long life command. 
Black is a pearl in a woman's eye.
Black is a pearl in a woman's eye.
A good wife is heaven's last, best gift to man, - his gem of many virtues, his casket of jewels; read more
A good wife is heaven's last, best gift to man, - his gem of many virtues, his casket of jewels; her voice is sweet music, her smiles his brightest day, her kiss the guardian of his innocence, her arms the pale of his safety...
 Take that life, beseech you,
 Which I so often owe; but your ring first,
  And here the read more 
 Take that life, beseech you,
 Which I so often owe; but your ring first,
  And here the bracelet of the truest princess
   That ever swore her faith. 
 Who first comes to this world below
 With drear November's fog and snow
  Should prize the Topaz' read more 
 Who first comes to this world below
 With drear November's fog and snow
  Should prize the Topaz' amber hue--
   Emblem of friends and lovers true. 
Words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.
Words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.
 The glowing Ruby should adorn
 Those who in warm July are born,
  Then will they be exempt read more 
 The glowing Ruby should adorn
 Those who in warm July are born,
  Then will they be exempt and free
   From love's doubt and anxiety. 
 Nay, tarry a moment, my charming girl;
 Here is a jewel of gold and pearl;
  A beautiful read more 
 Nay, tarry a moment, my charming girl;
 Here is a jewel of gold and pearl;
  A beautiful cross it is I ween
   As ever on beauty's breast was seen;
    There's nothing at all but love to pay;
     Take it and wear it, but only stay!
      Ah! Sir Hunter, what excellent taste!
       I'm not--in such--particular--haste. 
 'Tis plate of rare device and jewels
 Of rich and exquisite form, their values great,
  And I read more 
 'Tis plate of rare device and jewels
 Of rich and exquisite form, their values great,
  And I am something curious, being strange,
   To have them in sale stowage.