Annotations LVIII Ὦ κάλα, ὦ χαρίεσσα WHAT are these roses like ? Oh, they are rare, So balmy pink I will not shrink Them to the Graces to compare, When in gay dance the laughing triad link, When the round, lifted arms are bare, And just about The elbows' pout The warm flesh glows Into a flower, incomparable rose : Such fluctuating stealth Of light doth interfuse Their virgin health, In its soft buoyance, as indues You, O ye roses, with your heavenly hues. Book traversal links for What are these roses like? Oh, they are rare ‹ My shell is mute; Apollo doth refuse Up Night fell: Selene proud and pale ›