THE CAPRICIOUS LADY
Reading edition
No, no, I do not choose Commonplace flowers like these! Such artless pinks and blues— Forget-me-not, maiden’s-blush— Are tedious to my sight. But give me, if you’d please, Blossoms more recondite: Cocks-combs of crimson plush, Large, spider-speckled, rare Orchids, or tulips whose Smooth flesh has learnt to wear The colour of a bruise.