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Apes are apes though clothed in scarlet.
Apes are apes though clothed in scarlet.
 But I do mean to say, I have heard her declare,
 When at the same moment she had on read more 
 But I do mean to say, I have heard her declare,
 When at the same moment she had on a dress
  Which cost five hundred dollars, and not a cent less,
   And jewelry worth tem times more, I should guess,
    That he had not a thing in the wide world to wear! 
 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. 
 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. 
 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?" 
Beauty when most unclothed is clothed best.
Beauty when most unclothed is clothed best.
 He that is proud of the rustling of his silks, like a madman, 
laughs at the ratling of his read more 
 He that is proud of the rustling of his silks, like a madman, 
laughs at the ratling of his fetters. For indeed, Clothes ought 
to be our remembrancers of our lost innocency. 
 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that 
they stript Joseph out of his read more 
 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that 
they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that 
was on him:
 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was 
empty, there was no water in it. 
 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.