Don Juan 01-017
Canto the First

XVII

Oh! she was perfect past all parallel-
     Of any modern female saint's comparison;
So far above the cunning powers of hell,
     Her guardian angel had given up his garrison;
Even her minutest motions went as well
     As those of the best time-piece made by Harrison:
In virtues nothing earthly could surpass her,
Save thine "incomparable oil," Macassar!

George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron (1788-1824) ByronLong