Love

The Jimmall Ring, or True-love-knot.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Love

THou sent'st to me a True-love-knot; but I
Return'd a Ring of Jimmals, to imply
Thy Love had one knot, mine a triple tye.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “The Jimmall Ring, or True-love-knot.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/465/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “The Jimmall Ring, or True-love-knot.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/465/.

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