Buttercup and marigold
Seems my Prince’s hair to be,
Strand and lock and curl and fold,
Oh! the boy is fair to see.
Yellow, yellow marigold,
Golden buttercups and daisies,
He is ten summers old,
Daisy-fair my Prince’s face is.
Jacinth blue and violet
Is the radiant light that flashes
Through a tangled silken net,
When he lifts his languid lashes.
Every earthly whiteness seems
Matched with his obscure and dim;
He is king of all my dreams,
I am king of love for him.
- Prince Charming by Lord Alfred Douglas