LIV + 

And so she ever fed it with thin tears, + 

Whence thick, and green, and beautiful it grew, + 

So that it smelt more balmy than its peers + 

Of Basil-tufts in Florence; for it drew + 

Nurture besides, and life, from human fears, + 

From the fast mouldering head there shut from view: + 

So that the jewel, safely casketed, + 

Came forth, and in perfumed leafits spread. + 