GHAZEL.
Reading edition
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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.