IT owned not a color that vanity dons
Or slender wits choose for display;
Its beautiful tint was a delicate bronze,
A brown softly blended with gray.
From her waist to her chin, spreading out without break,
’Twas built on a generous plan:
The pride of the forest was slaughtered to make
My grandmother’s turkey-tail fan.
For common occasions it never was meant:
In a chest between two silken cloths