The pearl within the shell concealed
Oft sheds a fairer light
Than that whose beauties are revealed
To unrestricted sight.

So she who sweetly shines at home,
And seldom wanders thence,
Is of her partner's happy dome
The blest intelligence.

The highest talents of her mind,
The sunlight of her heart,
Are all t' illume her home designed,
And never thence they part.