And from the deep the little Beroë bring;

Beneath the sunlit wave she swims conceal’d

By her own brightness;—only now reveal’d

To sage’s eye, that gazes with delight

On things invisible to vulgar sight.

When first extracted from her native brine,

Behold a small round mass of gelatine,

Or frozen dew-drop, void of life and limb:

But round the crystal goblet let her swim

’Midst her own element; and lo! a sphere