A picture-frame for you to fill,
A paltry setting for your face,
A thing that has no worth until
You lend it something of your grace,
I send ( unhappy I that sing
Laid by a while upon the shelf )
Because I would not send a thing
Less charming than you are yourself.
And happier than I, alas!
( Dumb thing, I envy its delight )
‘ Twill wish you well, the looking-glass,
And look you in the face to-night.