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			 A painted vest Prince Voltiger had on,
 Which from a naked Pict his grandsire won.  
	 A painted vest Prince Voltiger had on,
 Which from a naked Pict his grandsire won. 
		
 
	
			 Around his form his loose long robe was thrown,
 And wrapt a breast bestowed on heaven alone.  
	 Around his form his loose long robe was thrown,
 And wrapt a breast bestowed on heaven alone. 
		
 
	
			 A winning wave, (deserving note.)
 In the tempestuous petticote,
  A careless shoe-string, in whose tye
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	 A winning wave, (deserving note.)
 In the tempestuous petticote,
  A careless shoe-string, in whose tye
   I see a wilde civility,--
    Doe more bewitch me than when art
     Is too precise in every part. 
		
 
	
			 Apes are apes though clothed in scarlet.  
	 Apes are apes though clothed in scarlet. 
		
 
	
			 Her cap, far whiter than the driven snow,
 Emblem right meet of decency does yield.  
	 Her cap, far whiter than the driven snow,
 Emblem right meet of decency does yield. 
		
 
	
			 Dress does not give knowledge.
 [Sp., La ropa no da ciencia.]  
	 Dress does not give knowledge.
 [Sp., La ropa no da ciencia.] 
		
 
	
			 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. 
		
 
	
			 My galligaskins, that have long withstood
 The winter's fury, and encroaching frosts,
  By time subdues (what will read more 
	 My galligaskins, that have long withstood
 The winter's fury, and encroaching frosts,
  By time subdues (what will not time subdue!)
   An horrid chasm disclosed. 
		
 
	
			 How his eyes languish! how his thoughts adore
 That painted coat, which Joseph never wore!
  He shows, read more 
	 How his eyes languish! how his thoughts adore
 That painted coat, which Joseph never wore!
  He shows, on holidays, a sacred pin,
   That touch'd the ruff, that touched Queen Bess' chin.