With the wedding ring
he promises his body --
to her, to serve her.
En met de trouwring	Mit dem Ehering
belooft hij haar zijn lichaam --	verspricht er seinen Körper --
Om haar te dienen.	Um ihr zu dienen.

Poem H4881
Amsterdam, 2024-08-27
Book of Common Prayer (England) - 1552
The "Book of Common Prayer" (second version, 1552) prescribes that at a marriage the groom puts the wedding ring upon the fourth finger of the woman's left hand and thereby says: With this ring I thee wedde; with my body I thee worship; and with all my worldly goodes I thee endow
Collection: Love Mind and Death
Keywords: Love: Give To Be, Marriage (wedding) 
Tribute to: Anon. [England]