So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed,

And yet anon repairs his drooping head,

And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore

Flames in the forehead of the morning sky.

John Milton (1608-1674): Lycidas. Line 168.

Come, thou monarch of the vine,

Plumpy Bacchus with pink eyne!

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Antony and Cleopatra. Act ii. Sc. 7.

I am the very pink of courtesy.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Romeo and Juliet. Act ii. Sc. 4.