The Dewdrop
The Dewdrop first appeared in Carols from the Coalfields in 1886 and was included in the two later collections of 1888 & 1892.
Ah, be not vain. In yonder flower-bellAs rare a pearl, did I appear,As ever grew in ocean shell,To dangle at a Helen’s ear | So too was I till a cruel blast Arose and swept me to the ground, When, in the jewel of the past, Earth but a drop of water found. |