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