The pearls and gems, her beauty's arms,
See sad Valliere foregoes;
And now assumes far other charms
Superior still to those.
II.
The tears that flow adown her cheek,
Than gems are brighter things;
For these an earthly Monarch seek,
But those the King of Kings.
This seems to have been the author's thought, if he thought chastely.—Shall I try again?