And deftly danced a saraband.
William Bell Scott (The Witch’s Ballad).
The above are from a series of word-pictures ([see p. 85]).
ON THE NONPAREIL
Naught but himself can be his parallel.
With marble-coloured shoulders—and keen eyes
Protected by a forehead broad and white—
And hair cut close, lest it impede the sight,
And clenched hands, firm and of a punishing size,