Who says in earnest, or in jokes
We’re not as good as whiter folks.
The only color of objection
To our said tawny predilection
Is this, ’t will ruin the machinery
Of amatory poets’ scenery.
Bright eyes, pink lips, and cheeks of roses,
Lily-complexions, Grecian noses,
Fine necks, and so forth, alabasters,
No more be themes for poetasters.