BEAUTY UNDECKED.

The grass mid sheen when wat'ry beäds

O' dew do glitter on the meäds,

An' thorns be bright when quiv'rèn studs

O' raïn do hang upon their buds--

As jewels be a-meäde by art

To zet the plaïnest vo'k off smart.

But sheäkèn ivy on its tree,

An' low-bough'd laurel at our knee,

Be bright all daÿ, without the gleäre,

O' drops that duller leäves mid weär--

As Jeäne is feäir to look upon

In plaïnest gear that she can don.

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