Her jewels—after one glance of pride—

They were solemn bequests to Vanity—

Or when her robes she began to doff,

That she stood so near to the putting off

Of the flesh that clothes humanity.

CCCXXII.

And when she quench'd the taper's light,

How little she thought as the smoke took flight,

That her day was done—and merged in a night

Of dreams and duration uncertain—