Crossword-Solution: RUTHENE 7 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 10

Nay, don't be alarmed, for I'm no supersubtle Decadent bard with an eye full of green; I merely (to copy the late _Captain Cuttle_) Am "making a note" in the key of Ruthene.

Well, _R_'s a red letter, you see its ray glow forth-- Look in your "dic" if you doubt what I mean; Red, rufous, rouge, ruddy, rose, russet, and so forth, Have all rolling _r_'s like resplendent Ruthene.

More "clamant" than carmine, vermilion, crimson, Costlier than diamond or ultramarine-- A deuce of a theme to chant lyrics or hymns on, Or rummage for orotund "rot," is Ruthene.

Orange-hued are the Odalisque's henna-dyed fingers, English girls' lips are encarnadine; A rubicund flame round the toper's nose lingers-- But I'm blest if they rival the blush of Ruthene.

Pink huntsman, gules ensign, deep flush of the sunset, Cardinal's scarlet, "red" gold have I seen, With red ruin, red rhubarb, red herring--but none set My iris afire as does red-hot Ruthene.