Chicken-skin, delicate, white,
Painted by Carlo Vanloo,
Loves in a riot of light,
Roses and vaporous blue;
Hark to the dainty frou-frou
Picture above, if you can,
Eyes that could melt as the dew,—
This was the Pompadour’s fan!
See how they rise at the sight,
Thronging the Œil de Bœuf through,