The Day that I was crowned
Was like the other Days —
Until the Coronation came —
And then — ’twas Otherwise —
As Carbon in the Coal
And Carbon in the Gem
Are One — and yet the former
Were dull for Diadem —
I rose, and all was plain —
But when the Day declined
Myself and It, in Majesty
Were equally — adorned —
The Grace that I — was chose —
To Me — surpassed the Crown
That was the Witness for the Grace —
‘Twas even that ’twas Mine —
It is not the prize but the achievement.(?)