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Posy Ring Quotations
Welcome to my page of posies and posy-ring sayings. These phrases were included with gifts of flower bouquets, fruit arrangements, bracelets, gloves, handkerchiefs, scarves, girdles, wedding knives, a lock of the lover's own hair, etc., and especially were used as inscriptions on finger rings. A posy was primarily used for betrothal rings, wedding rings and presents, love tokens, and St. Valentine's Day gifts, but was also used in friendship and for memorial or funeral rings. These short rhyming mottoes were most popular in the 16th and 17th centuries, hence the antiquated spellings you may notice in some of them.
A ‧ FRIEND ‧ TO ‧ THEE ‧ I'LL ‧ EVER ‧ BE
MY ‧ WHOLE ‧ HEART ‧ FOR ‧ MY ‧ WHOLE ‧ LIFE
TREW ‧ LOVE ‧ IS ‧ MY ‧ DESYRE
OF ‧ EARTHLI ‧ JOYSE
THOU ‧ ART ‧ MY ‧ CHOYS
A ‧ HAPPY ‧ BREST ‧ WHERE ‧ LOVE ‧ DOTH ‧ REST
BE ‧ THOU ‧ MINE
AS ‧ I ‧ AM ‧ THINE
BY ‧ CUPID'S ‧ BOW ‧ MY ‧ WEAL ‧ OR ‧ WOE
ALL ‧ PERFECT ‧ LOVE
IS ‧ FROM ‧ ABOVE
THE ‧ SIGHT ‧ OF ‧ THIS
DESERVES ‧ A ‧ KISSE
DEAR ‧ LOVE ‧ OF ‧ MINE ‧ MY ‧ HEART ‧ IS ‧ THINE
DESIRE ‧ HATH ‧ SET ‧ MY ‧ HEART ‧ ON ‧ FIRE
JOY ‧ AND ‧ CARE ‧ LET ‧ US ‧ TAKE ‧ SHARE
DEATH ‧ NEVER ‧ PARTS
SUCH ‧ LOVING ‧ HEARTS
ENDLESS ‧ AS ‧ THIS ‧ SHALL ‧ BE ‧ OUR ‧ BLISS
HAPPY ‧ IN ‧ THEE
HAS ‧ GOD ‧ MADE ‧ ME
I ‧ AM ‧ YOUR ‧ FRIEND ‧ UNTO ‧ THE ‧ END
HERE ‧ IS ‧ MY ‧ HEART ‧ GUARD ‧ IT ‧ WELL
LOVE ‧ EVER ‧ OR ‧ LOVE ‧ NEVER
FAITHLES ‧ TO ‧ NONE ‧ YET ‧ FAITHFULL ‧ TO ‧ ONE
A ‧ LOVEING ‧ WIFE ‧ A ‧ HAPPY ‧ LIFE
AL ‧ MYNE ‧ SHAL ‧ BE ‧ THYNE
AS ‧ GOD ‧ SAW ‧ FITT ‧ OUR ‧ KNOTT ‧ IS ‧ KNITT
AS ‧ LONG ‧ AS ‧ LIFE ‧ YR ‧ LOVING ‧ WIFE
TRUE ‧ IN ‧ HART ‧ TILL ‧ DEATH ‧ US ‧ DEPART
THEE ‧ LOVE ‧ WILL ‧ I ‧ UNTIL ‧ I ‧ DIE
WIT ‧ WEALTH ‧ AND ‧ BEAUTY ‧ ALL ‧ DO ‧ WELL,
BUT ‧ CONSTANT ‧ LOVE ‧ DOTH ‧ FAR ‧ EXCELL
GOD ‧ DECREED ‧ AND ‧ WE ‧ AGREED
IF ‧ LOVE ‧ YOU ‧ BEAR ‧ FOR ‧ ME ‧ THIS ‧ WEAR
LOVE ‧ EVER ‧ NOT ‧ THE ‧ GUIFT ‧ BUT ‧ THE ‧ GIVER
MY ‧ ♡ ‧ LIVES ‧ WHERE ‧ IT ‧ LOVES
THIS ‧ FOR ‧ A ‧ CERTAIN ‧ TRUTH
TRUE ‧ LOVE ‧ APPROVES
THE ‧ HEART'S ‧ NOT ‧ WHERE ‧ IT
LIVES ‧ BUT ‧ WHERE ‧ IT ‧ LOVES
WHILST ‧ LIFE ‧ IS ‧ MYN ‧ MY ‧ HEART ‧ IS ‧ THYN
WHERE ‧ HEARTS ‧ ARE ‧ TRUE
FEW ‧ WORDS ‧ WILL ‧ DO
WHEARE ‧ HEARTES ‧ AGREE ‧ NO ‧ STRIF ‧ CAN ‧ BE
WHEN ‧ MONEY'S ‧ LOW ‧ THIS ‧ RING ‧ MUST ‧ GO
VENUS ‧ NAKED ‧ IN ‧ HER ‧ CHAMBER
WOUNDS ‧ MORE ‧ DEEP ‧ THAN ‧ MARS ‧ IN ‧ ARMOUR
[a posie sent with a silk girdle
TO ‧ LIVE ‧ IN ‧ LOVE
I ‧ LOVE ‧ TO ‧ LIVE
TO ‧ ME ‧ TILL ‧ DEATH
AS ‧ DEAR ‧ AS ‧ BREATH
TWO ‧ HEARTS ‧ ARE ‧ KNYTTE ‧ AS ‧ HEAVEN ‧ THOUGHT ‧ FYTTE
THIS ‧ HATH ‧ NO ‧ END ‧ MY ‧ SWEETEST ‧ FRIEND
THE ‧ LOVE ‧ IS ‧ TRUE ‧ THAT ‧ I ‧ O ‧ U
TELL ‧ MY ‧ MISTRESSE
THAT ‧ A ‧ LOVER
TRUE ‧ AS ‧ LOVE ‧ ITSELFE
DOTH ‧ LOVE ‧ HER
RYCHES ‧ BE ‧ UNSTABLE
BEUTY ‧ WYLL ‧ DEKAY
BUT ‧ FAITHFULL ‧ LOVE ‧ WYLL ‧ EVER ‧ LASTE
TYL ‧ DETH ‧ DRIVE ‧ ITT ‧ AWAY
OF ‧ RAPTUROUS ‧ JOYE ‧ I ‧ AM ‧ THE ‧ TOYE
ONE ‧ WAS ‧ THE ‧ BOW ‧ ONE ‧ WAS ‧ THE ‧ DART
THAT ‧ WOUNDED ‧ US ‧ BOTH ‧ TO ‧ THE ‧ HEART
THEN ‧ SINCE ‧ WE ‧ BOTH ‧ DO ‧ FEEL ‧ ONE ‧ PAIN
LET ‧ ONE ‧ LOVE ‧ CURE ‧ US ‧ BOTH ‧ AGAIN
MANY ‧ ARE ‧ THE ‧ STARRS ‧ I ‧ SEE
YET ‧ IN ‧ MY ‧ EYE ‧ NO ‧ STARR ‧ LIKE ‧ THEE
NOE ‧ STAR ‧ TO ‧ ME ‧ SOE ‧ BRIGHT ‧ AS ‧ THEE
NOT ‧ THINE ‧ NOR ‧ MINE ‧ BUT ‧ OURS
MY ‧ HEART ‧ MY ‧ DEAR ‧ TO ‧ THEE ‧ I ‧ GIVE
FOR ‧ THEE ‧ TO ‧ KEEP ‧ WHILST ‧ BOTH ‧ WE ‧ LIVE
MY ‧ LOVE ‧ FOR ‧ THEE ‧ SHALL ‧ ENDLESS ‧ BE
MY ‧ LOVE ‧ TO ‧ THEE ‧ SHALL ‧ EVER ‧ BE
OF ‧ ALL ‧ THE ‧ REST ‧ I ‧ LOVE ‧ THEE ‧ BEST
LOVE ‧ ME ‧ TRUE ‧ AS ‧ I ‧ DO ‧ YOU
LOVE ‧ IS ‧ A ‧ CHAIN
WHOSE ‧ LINKES ‧ OF ‧ GOLD
TWO ‧ HEARTS ‧ WITHIN
ONE ‧ BOSOM ‧ HOLD
TO ‧ BODYES ‧ & ‧ ON ‧ HARTE
TWO ‧ SOULS ‧ ONE ‧ HEART
GOD ‧ UNITE ‧ OUR ‧ ♡S ‧ ARIGHT
WITHIN ‧ THY ‧ BREAST ‧ MY ‧ HARTE ‧ DOTH ‧ REST
YOU ‧ ARE ‧ MY ‧ FRIEND
UNTO ‧ THE ‧ END
RINGS ‧ AND ‧ TRUE ‧ FRIENDS ‧ ARE ‧ WITHOUT ‧ ENDS
WELL ‧ FOR ‧ HIM ‧ WHO ‧ KNOWS ‧ WHOM ‧ HE ‧ CAN ‧ TRUST
WE ‧ STRANGELY ‧ MET ‧ AND ‧ SO ‧ DO ‧ MANY
BUT ‧ NOW ‧ AS ‧ TRUE ‧ AS ‧ EVER ‧ ANY
THE ‧ SIGHT ‧ OF ‧ THEE ‧ IS ‧ JOY ‧ TO ‧ ME
CONTENT ‧ IS ‧ A ‧ TREASURE
CONTENT ‧ INDEED ‧ DOTH ‧ GOLD ‧ EXCEED
LIVE ‧ AND ‧ LOVE
A GOOD ‧ HEART ‧ NEVER ‧ DIES
MY ‧ HEART ‧ IS ‧ YOURS ‧ FOR ‧ EVER
BE ‧ KINDE ‧ IN ‧ HARTE
FOR ‧ ONE ‧ AND ‧ LOVE ‧ SOME ‧ SAY ‧ ARE ‧ BLIND
I ‧ SAY ‧ THEY ‧ SEE ‧ IF ‧ THOU ‧ PROVE ‧ KIND
EYE ‧ DOTH ‧ FIND ‧ HEART ‧ DOTH ‧ CHOOSE
FAITH ‧ DOTH ‧ BIND ‧ DEATH ‧ DOTH ‧ LOSE
GOD'S ‧ WILL ‧ IS ‧ DONE ‧ AND ‧ I ‧ HAVE ‧ MINE
MY ‧ HEART'S ‧ AT ‧ REST ‧ IN ‧ HAVING ‧ THINE
I ‧ LYVE ‧ IN ‧ HOPE
I ‧ SHALL ‧ IN ‧ THEE ‧ MOST ‧ HAPPY ‧ BE
LOVERS ‧ WORDS ‧ HAVE ‧ POWER ‧ IN ‧ THE ‧ HEART
MY ‧ LOVE ‧ INSTEAD ‧ OF ‧ FLOWERS ‧ AND ‧ ROSES
HERE ‧ ARE ‧ WRIT ‧ WORDS ‧ BOUND ‧ UP ‧ IN ‧ POSIES
I ‧ WISH ‧ TO ‧ THEE ‧ ALL ‧ JOIE ‧ MAY ‧ BEE
LOVE ‧ HIM ‧ IN ‧ HEART ‧ WHOSE ‧ JOY ‧ THOU ‧ ART
JOY ‧ DOTH ‧ ABOUND
WHERE ‧ LOVE ‧ IS ‧ FOUND
IF ‧ ALL ‧ MANKIND ‧ WOULD ‧ LIVE ‧ IN ‧ LOVE
THIS ‧ WORLD ‧ WOULD ‧ MUCH ‧ RESEMBLE ‧ THAT ‧ ABOVE
IN ‧ GOD ‧ AND ‧ THEE ‧ ALL ‧ COMFORT ‧ BE
IN ‧ LOVE'S ‧ DELIGHT ‧ SPEND ‧ DAY ‧ AND ‧ NIGHT
LOVE ‧ AND ‧ PRAY ‧ NIGHT ‧ AND ‧ DAYE
LET ‧ LYKINGE ‧ LASTE
LUST ‧ LOVES ‧ TO ‧ RANGE
LOVE ‧ KNOWS ‧ NO ‧ CHANGE
THERE ‧ IS ‧ NO ‧ JEWEL ‧ I ‧ CAN ‧ SEE
LIKE ‧ LOVE ‧ THAT'S ‧ SENT ‧ IN ‧ CONSTANCY
DIAMOND
EMERALD
AMETHYST
RUBY
EMERALD
SAPPHIRE
TOPAZ
PARTING ‧ IS ‧ PAYNE ‧ WHEN ‧ LOVE ‧ DOTH ‧ REMAYNE
MY ‧ ♡ ‧ AND ‧ I
UNTIL ‧ I ‧ DIE
YOU ‧ NEVER ‧ KNEU
A ‧ ♡ ‧ MORE ‧ TREU
GOD'S ‧ GIFT ‧ THOU ‧ ART ‧ MY ‧ DEREST ‧ HEART
GOD'S ‧ BLESSING ‧ BE ‧ ON ‧ THEE ‧ AND ‧ ME
GOD ‧ BLES ‧ FOR ‧ EVER ‧ US ‧ TWO ‧ TOGETHER
BY ‧ THIS ‧ RING ‧ OF ‧ GOLD
TAKE ‧ ME ‧ TO ‧ HAVE ‧ AND ‧ HOLD
I ‧ DO ‧ REJOYCE ‧ IN ‧ THEE ‧ MY ‧ CHOYCE
I ‧ WILL ‧ BE ‧ TRUE
ALWAYS ‧ TO ‧ YOU
KINDLY ‧ TAKE ‧ THIS ‧ GIFT ‧ OF ‧ MINE
FOR ‧ GIFT ‧ AND ‧ GIVER ‧ BOTH ‧ ARE ‧ THINE
LET ‧ LOVE ‧ ABIDE ‧ TILL ‧ DEATH ‧ DIVIDE
LET ‧ MEE ‧ IN ‧ THEE ‧ MOST ‧ HAPPY ‧ BEE
MEMENTO ‧ MEI
WHEN ‧ THIS ‧ YOU ‧ SEE
REMEMBER ‧ ME
A ‧ FAITHFULL ‧ ♡ ‧ & ‧ CONSTANT ‧ MIND
THAT ‧ FRIEND ‧ IS ‧ TRUE ‧ WHO ‧ TREASURES ‧ YOU
ACCEPT ‧ THIS ‧ DEAR ‧ FOR ‧ MANY ‧ A ‧ YEAR
Hamlet: Is this a prologue, or the posy of a ring?
Ophelia: 'Tis brief, my lord.
Hamlet: As woman's love.
~William Shakespeare, Hamlet, c.1600 [III, 2]
About a hoop of gold, a paltry ring
That she did give me, whose posy was
For all the world like cutler's poetry
Upon a knife, 'Love me, and leave me not.'
~William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, c.1596 [V, 1, Gratiano]
If my love for you can't be said in a posy, it can't be said in a library.
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