There's an idea that's not in its infancy! However, since it is fashion, and you couldn't find a music publisher who would dare to publish a ballad without a blue lake in it, we must go with the fashion.

Do, sol, mi, do, la, si, do, re! That's not so bad; it gives a fair idea of a daisy, especially to people well up in botany.

La, si, do, re.

Confound that re! Now to make the blue lake intelligible.

We should have something moist, azure, moonlight--for the moon comes in too; here it is; don't let's forget the swan.