The Day that I was crowned

356 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—