Ferret, Ferret, Scuttling Bright

Ferret, ferret, scuttling bright

In the cages of the night,

What immortal hand or eye

Could frame thy darling symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies 

Reveal the sweetness of thine eyes?

On what whiskers dare he aspire?

What the paw dare seize desire?

And what shoulder and what art

Could twist the sinews of thy heart? 

And when thy heart began to beat,

What adorable hand and what adorable feet?

Ferret, ferret, scuttling bright

In the cages of the night,

What immortal hand or eye

Dare frame thy darling symmetry?