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To turn us back to Ntural purity
Is, after all, the highest State.
And for this cause the Pearl was thrown away
An offering to Fate.
For it had lost its Purity to serve
As mere adornment to a Prince's car.
But when it plunged again within the Gulf
Such use no more could mar.
Had not a Fairy Serpent spat it forth,
What hope it could regain its element?
It sunlike sank where Western Deeps reflect
The starry Firmament.
So far it went—not all its force its own—
Who covets never can with such compare—
To honor frugal virtue would you learn?
Grasp Wisdom's jewels rare!
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