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 So for thy spirit did devise
 Its Maker seemly garniture,
  Of its own essence parcel pure.--
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 So for thy spirit did devise
 Its Maker seemly garniture,
  Of its own essence parcel pure.--
   From grave simplicities a dress,
    And reticent demureness,
     And love encinctured with reserve;
      Which the woven vesture would subserve.
       For outward robes in their ostents
        Should show the soul's habiliments.
         Therefore I say,--Thou'rt fair even so,
          But better Fair I use to know. 
 So tedious is this day
 As is the night before some festival
  To an impatient child that read more 
 So tedious is this day
 As is the night before some festival
  To an impatient child that hath new robes
   And may not wear them. 
It's like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.
It's like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.
 He was a wight of high renowne,
 And thosne but of a low degree;
  Itt's pride that read more 
 He was a wight of high renowne,
 And thosne but of a low degree;
  Itt's pride that putts the countrye downe,
   Man, take thine old cloake about thee. 
 His locked, lettered, braw brass collar,
 Shewed him the gentleman and scholar.  
 His locked, lettered, braw brass collar,
 Shewed him the gentleman and scholar. 
Apes are apes though clothed in scarlet.
Apes are apes though clothed in scarlet.
 And now, my honey love,
 Will we return unto thy father's house
  And revel it as bravely read more 
 And now, my honey love,
 Will we return unto thy father's house
  And revel it as bravely as the best,
   With silken coats and caps and golden rings,
    With ruffs and cuffs and farthingales and things;
     With scarfs and fans and double change of brav'ry,
      With amber bracelets, beads, and all this knav'ry. 
 Old Abram Brown is dead and gone,--
 You'll never see him more;
  He used to wear a read more 
 Old Abram Brown is dead and gone,--
 You'll never see him more;
  He used to wear a long brown coat
   That buttoned down before. 
 Her polish'd limbs,
 Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire;
  Beyond the pomp of dress; for read more 
 Her polish'd limbs,
 Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire;
  Beyond the pomp of dress; for Loveliness
   Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
    But is, when unadorn'd the most.