The difference between you and her <br />(whom I to you did once prefer) <br />Is clear enough to settle: <br />She like a diamond shone, but you <br />Shine like an early drop of dew <br />Poised on a red rose petal. <br /> <br />The dew-drop carries in its eye <br />Mountain and forest, sea and sky, <br />With every change of weather; <br />Contrariwise, a diamond splits <br />The prospect into idle bits <br />That none can piece together.<br /><br />Robert Graves<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/dew-drop-and-diamond/
