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 Attired to please herself: no gems of any kind
 She wore, nor aught of borrowed gloss in Nature's stead;
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 Attired to please herself: no gems of any kind
 She wore, nor aught of borrowed gloss in Nature's stead;
  And, then her long, loose hair flung round her head
   Fell carelessly behind. 
 The nakedness of the indigent world may be clothed from the 
trimmings of the vain.  
 The nakedness of the indigent world may be clothed from the 
trimmings of the vain. 
 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. 
Gars auld claes look amaist as weel's the new.
Gars auld claes look amaist as weel's the new.
 They were attempting to put on
 Raimant from naked bodies won.  
 They were attempting to put on
 Raimant from naked bodies won. 
 After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than 
in any other gown in the world.  
 After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than 
in any other gown in the world. 
 Fine clothes are good only as they supply the want of other means 
of procuring respect.  
 Fine clothes are good only as they supply the want of other means 
of procuring respect. 
 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. 
 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.