Mixtures.
Welcome the glory of all freckled things.
Prismatic shades in rain-drop hollows,
tree-bark tessellation,
chess-board meadows,
chequered bird-eggs and pansy faces.
Applause for hued variegation on newts.
Red flushes in round-fruited apples,
water-lily\'s opal iridescence,
patterns on grasses
and tail striation on backs of pheasants.
Hurray for dogs\' motley coats and cats\'
tabby patches.
Bumble bee gilt on harlequin lambs-tails.
piebald ponies,
tortoise-shell snail trails
and brindled spots on hedgehog shoulders.
Smiles for fish scale gilt irradiation.
Kaleidoscope streaks on butterflies
Mosaic-splashed daises.
Speckles on buzzard wings,
polychrome colt hides,
and rainbows sun-shower racing.
Tri-coloured, marbled, banded, spotted,
sprinkled with dots,
veined, tattooed or grizzled
Praise be for mixtures in dappled things.