Applause.
Praise for the glory of all freckled things.
Mosaic shades in prismatic springs,
tree-bark when tessallated,
chess-board meadows
and shadow-chequered country lanes.
Applause for hued variegation on newts.
Red flushes in round-appled fruits,
white water-lily irridescence,
patterns on ducks
and tall striated bull-rushy grasses.
Hurray for a tabby cats\' motely patches.
Bumble-bees on harlequin flowers
buzzard wings, piebald ponies,
tortoise-shell snails and brindled cows,
Claps for pooled rings of liquid-oil stains.
Kaleidoscope streaks on goldfish faces,
dog\'s couple-coats, fungus rings,
speckles on quail eggs, colts\' spotty hides
and rainy bubbles colouring glass.
Praise be for beauty in all dappled things.