In her rich soul shone wealth to shame,

That tropic sun's meridian flame.

She stood a lovely being fraught,

With that most dear to human thought,

The power to love, to force the bliss

Of heaven, to such a world as this.

Iola, dearest maiden, threw

A wondrous charm o'er all who knew

Her loveliness; her menial train

Adored her even to anxious pain.