HE dwelt among 'apartments let,' <br />About five stories high; <br />A man I thought that none would get, <br />And very few would try. <br /> <br />A boulder, by a larger stone <br />Half hidden in the mud, <br />Fair as a man when only one <br />Is in the neighborhood. <br /> <br />He lived unknown, and few could tell <br />When Jacob was not free; <br />But he has got a wife,-and O! <br />The difference to me!<br /><br />Phoebe Cary<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/jacob-8/
