What is the good man and the wise?

Ofttimes a pearl which none doth prize;

Or jewel rare, which men account

A common pebble, and despise.

Set forth upon the world’s bazaar,

It mildly gleams, but no one buys,

Till it in anger Heaven withdraws

From the world’s undiscerning eyes:

And in its shell the pearl again,

And in its mine the jewel lies.