THE JIMMALL RING OR TRUE LOVE-KNOT.
by Robert Herrick


THOU sent'st to me a true love-knot, but I
Returned a ring of jimmals to imply
Thy love had one knot, mine a triple tie.


Jimmal or gimmal, double or triple rings.

Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol I.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 217.
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