I.
What is the good man and the wise?
Ofttimes a pearl which none doth prize;
II.
Or jewel rare, which men account
A common pebble, and despise.
III.
Set forth upon the world’s bazaar,
It mildly gleams, but no one buys,
IV.
Till it in anger Heaven withdraws
From the world’s undiscerning eyes:
V.
And in its shell the pearl again,
And in its mine the jewel lies.