A jewel to me was then this guest,
and jewels were her gentle words.
“Indeed,” quoth I, “blest dearest mine,
my dire distress away thou draw'st.
I make request to be excused;
I trow'd my Pearl had pass'd from Day;
but now 'tis found, I shall make mirth,
and dwell with it in radiant groves,
and praise my Lord and all His laws,
who hath me brought this bliss anigh.
Were I with thee beyond these waves,
I were a joyful jeweller!”