"Her shining tresses , regularly divided into two parts , encircle the harmonious outlines of her delicate and white cheeks , brilliant with their glow and freshness . Her ebony eyebrows have the form and strength of the bow of Kama , the god of love ; and her long silken lashes , in the black pupil of her large limpid eyes , there float , as in the sacred lakes of the Himalaya , the purest reflections of the celestial light . Fine , regular and white , her teeth shine out between her smiling lips , like dewdrops in the half-closed bosom of the pomegranate blossom . Her ears , of delicate form , her rosy hands , her little feet , curved and tender as lotus buds , shine with the splendor of the finest pearls of Ceylon , the most beautiful diamonds of Golconda . her delicate and supple waist , which a hand can clasp , heightens the elegant outline of her rounded figure , and the wealth of her bosom , where youth in its prime displays its most perfect treasures and under the silken folds of her tunic , she seems to have been modeled in pure silver by the divine hands of Vishwakarma , the immortal sculptor "