Lewis Carroll - My Fancy lyrics

I painted her a gushing thing With years about a score I little thought to find they were A least a dozen more My fancy gave her eyes of blue A curly auburn head I came to find the blue a green The auburn turned to red She boxed my ears this morning They tingled very much I own that I could wish her A somewhat lighter touch And if you ask me how Her charms might be improved I would not have them added to But just a few removed! She has the bear's ethereal grace The bland hyaena's laugh The footstep of the elephant The neck of a giraffe I love her still, believe me Though my heart its pa**ion hides "She's all my fancy painted her," But oh! how much besides!