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