Lord, purge our eyes to see
Within the seed a tree,
Within the glowing egg a bird,
Within the shroud a butterfly:

Till taught by such, we see
Beyond all creatures Thee,
And hearken for Thy tender word,
And hear it, "Fear not: it is I."

--Christina Rossetti
(Lines 1-8 of an untitled poem from Verses (1893), to which the disappointingly straightforward title, "Judge not according to the appearance," has been added.)