A PERSIAN FABLE.

_Imitated from the Latin of Sir W. Jones._

Whoe’er his merit underrates,

The worth which he disclaims creates.

It chanc’d a single drop of rain

Fell from a cloud into the main:

Abash’d, dispirited, amaz’d,

At last her modest voice she rais’d:

“Where, and what am I? Woe is me!

What a mere drop in such a sea!”--

An oyster yawning, where she fell,

Entrapp’d the vagrant in his shell;

In that alembic wrought--for he

Was deeply vers’d in alchemy--

This drop became a pearl; and now

Adorns the crown on GEORGE’S brow.

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~Discoveries~