Classic Poem

Like to Diana in her summer weed,
Girt with a crimson robe of brightest dye,
Goes fair Samela.
Whiter than be the flocks that straggling feed,
When washed by Arethusa's fount they lie,
Is fair Samela.
As fair Aurora in her morning gray,
Decked with the ruddy glister of her love,
Is fair Samela.
Like lovely Thetis on a calmed day,
When as her brightness Neptune's fancy move,
Shines fair Samela.
Her tresses gold, her eyes like glassy streams,
Her teeth are pearl, the breasts are ivory
Of fair Samela.
Her cheeks like rose and lily yield forth gleams,
Her brows bright arches framed of ebony:
Thus fair Samela.
Passeth fair Venus in her bravest hue,
And Juno in the show of majesty,
For she's Samela
Pallas in wit, all three, if you will view,
For beauty, wit, and matchless dignity,
Yield to Samela.