It should not recall a Bardolphian nose,

Nor yet a pomegranate bisection—

Throughout the whole garden you'll scarce find a rose,

A match for the Pink of Perfection!

A strawberry crushed, almost smothered in cream,

Nearly matches the colour it may be;

The Jungfrau just flushed with the earliest beam,

The hue of the palm of a baby:

The faint ruddy tone you may see in a shell,

The rose in a young girl's complexion—