VIII.

And, underneath, a pair of shaggy brows

O'erhang as many eyes of gizzard hue,

That inward giblet of a fowl, which shows

A mongrel tint, that is ne brown ne blue;

His nose,—it is a coral to the view;

Well nourished with Pierian Potheen,—

For much he loves his native mountain dew;—

But to depict the dye would lack, I ween,

A bottle-red, in terms, as well as bottle-green.