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			 In naked beauty more adorned
 More lovely than Pandora.  
	 In naked beauty more adorned
 More lovely than Pandora. 
		
 
	
			 Dress drains our cellar dry,
 And keeps our larder lean; puts out our fires
  And introduces hunger, read more 
	 Dress drains our cellar dry,
 And keeps our larder lean; puts out our fires
  And introduces hunger, frost, and woe,
   Where peace and hospitality might reign. 
		
 
	
			 Old Rose is dead, that good old man,
 We ne'er shall see him more;
  He used to read more 
	 Old Rose is dead, that good old man,
 We ne'er shall see him more;
  He used to wear an old blue coat
   All buttoned down before. 
		
 
	
			 And said to myself, as I lit my cigar,
 "Supposing a man had the wealth of the Czar
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	 And said to myself, as I lit my cigar,
 "Supposing a man had the wealth of the Czar
  Of the Russias to boot, for the rest of his days,
   On the whole do you think he would have much to spare
    If he married a woman with nothing to wear?" 
		
 
	
			 Their feet through faithless leather met the dirt,
 And oftener chang'd their principles than shirt.  
	 Their feet through faithless leather met the dirt,
 And oftener chang'd their principles than shirt. 
		
 
	
			 A vest as admired Voltiger had on,
 Which from this Island's foes his grandsire won,
  Whose artful read more 
	 A vest as admired Voltiger had on,
 Which from this Island's foes his grandsire won,
  Whose artful colour pass'd the Tyrian dye,
   Obliged to triumph in this legacy. 
		
 
	
			 Still to be neat, still to be drest,
 As you were going to a feast,
  Still to read more 
	 Still to be neat, still to be drest,
 As you were going to a feast,
  Still to be powder'd, all perfum'd.
   Lady, it is to be presumed,
    Though art's hid causes are not found,
     All is not sweet, all is not sound. 
		
 
	
			 When his wife asked him to change clothes to meet the German 
Ambassador: "If they want to see me, read more 
	 When his wife asked him to change clothes to meet the German 
Ambassador: "If they want to see me, here I am. If they want to 
see my clothes, open my closet and show them my suits." 
		
 
	
			 She's adorned
 Amply, that in her husband's eye looks lovely,--
  The truest mirror that an honest wife
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	 She's adorned
 Amply, that in her husband's eye looks lovely,--
  The truest mirror that an honest wife
   Can see her beauty in!