Part 3 — THE DEWDROP.

A dewdrop, falling on the ocean wave, Exclaimed, in fear, "I perish in this grave!" But, in a shell received, that drop of dew Unto a pearl of marvelous beauty grew; And, happy now, the grace did magnify Which thrust it forth—as it had feared—to die; Until again, "I perish quite!" it said Torn by rude diver from its ocean bed: O, unbelieving!—So it came to gleam Chief jewel in a monarch's diadem. Richard C. Trench.