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 Old Grimes is dead, that good old man,
 We ne'er shall see him more;
  He used to read more 
 Old Grimes is dead, that good old man,
 We ne'er shall see him more;
  He used to wear a long black coat
   All button'd down before. 
 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. 
 It is not linen you're wearing out,
 But human creatures' lives.  
 It is not linen you're wearing out,
 But human creatures' lives. 
 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. 
 Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
 But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy,
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 Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
 But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy,
  For the apparel oft proclaims the man,
   And they in France of the best rank and station
    Are of a most select and generous chief in that. 
Beauty when most unclothed is clothed best.
Beauty when most unclothed is clothed best.
 She wears her clothes as if they were thrown on her with a 
pitchfork.  
 She wears her clothes as if they were thrown on her with a 
pitchfork. 
Let thy attyre bee comely, but not costly.
Let thy attyre bee comely, but not costly.