• A Dresden shepherdess was one day
    Milking a small Delft cow,
    When a Sevres Marquis came along—
    I saw him smile and bow:
    “O lovely shepherdess, hear my song,”
    I think I heard him say,
    “For thou hast captured my porcelain heart,
    And by my sword I swear thou art
    A star in the Milky Way.”