TO ________.
 
        I do not ask if an illustrious name
            Has shed upon thy birth its purple glow;
        Nor do I ask what titles thou canst claim,
            What ribbon favors, such as kings bestow.
 
        Why should I, when upon thy brow I see,
            In its expression of all lofty things,
        The insignia of that true nobility
            That bears the impress of the King of kings?