How can I compare your face to a fresh rose? A rose does bloom, but surely not as much as your face.

Poets often compare a beloved's face to a dewy rose, but here the lover playfully rejects that age-old metaphor. A fresh bloom is certainly radiant, yet it lacks the lively warmth, charm, and breath of life found in the beloved's smile. It is an affectionate celebration of a beauty so singular that even nature's finest creation cannot match it.