Before the urchin well could go,

She stole the whiteness of the snow.

And more—that whiteness to adorn,

She snatch'd the blushes of the morn;

Stole all the softness aether pours

On primrose buds in vernal show'rs.

There's no repeating all her wiles,

She stole the Graces' winning smiles;

'Twas quickly seen she robb'd the sky,

To plant a star in either eye;