And heard the praises to their splendour due;
Silks beyond price, so rich, they’d stand alone,
And diamonds blazing on the buckled zone;
Rows of rare pearls by curious workmen set,
And bracelets fair in box of glossy jet;
Bright polish’d amber precious from its size,
Or forms the fairest fancy could devise:
Her drawers of cedar, shut with secret springs,
Conceal’d the watch of gold and rubied rings;
Letters, long proofs of love, and verses fine