The Comparison.

DEarest thy tresses are not threads of gold,
Thy eyes of Diamonds, nor doe I hold
Thy lips for Rubies: Thy faire cheekes to be
Fresh Roses; or thy teeth of Ivorie:
Thy skin that doth thy daintie bodie sheath
Not Alablaster is, nor dost thou breath
Arabian odours, those the earth brings forth
Compar'd with which would but impaire thy worth.
Such may be others Mistresses, but mine
Holds nothing earthly, but is all divine.
Thy tresses are those rayes that doe arise
Not from one Sunne, but two; Such are thy eyes:
Thy lips congealed Nectar are, and such
As but a Deitie, there's none dare touch.
The perfect crimson that thy cheeke doth cloath
(But onely that it farre exceeds them both)
Aurora's blush resembles, or that redd
That frisketh in when her mantl's spred.
Thy teeth in white doe Leda's Swan exceede,
Thy skin's a heavenly and immortall weede
And thou when breath'st, the winds are readie strait
To filch it from thee, and doe therefor… wait
Close at thy lips, and snatching it from thence
Beare it to Heaven, where 'tis Joves frankincense,
Faire Goddesse since thy feature makes thee one
Yet be not such for these respects alone.
But as you are divine in outward view
So be within as faire, as good, as true.