May Moorland weavers boast Pindaric skill,
And tailors' lays be longer than their bill!
While punctual beaux read more

May Moorland weavers boast Pindaric skill,
And tailors' lays be longer than their bill!
While punctual beaux reward the grateful notes,
And pay for poems--when they pay for coats.

A tailor, though a man of upright dealing,--
True but for lying,--honest but for stealing,--
Did fall read more

A tailor, though a man of upright dealing,--
True but for lying,--honest but for stealing,--
Did fall one day extremely sick by chance
And on the sudden was in wondrous trance.

Great is the Tailor, but not the greatest.

Great is the Tailor, but not the greatest.

Get me some French tailor
To new-create you.

Get me some French tailor
To new-create you.

What a fine man
Hath your tailor made you!

What a fine man
Hath your tailor made you!

Th' embroider'd suit at least he deem'd his prey;
That suit an unpaid tailor snatched away.

Th' embroider'd suit at least he deem'd his prey;
That suit an unpaid tailor snatched away.

Thy clothes are all the soul thou hast.

Thy clothes are all the soul thou hast.

'Tis not the robe or garment I affect;
For who would marry with a suit of clothes?

'Tis not the robe or garment I affect;
For who would marry with a suit of clothes?

All his reverend wit
Lies in his wardrobe.

All his reverend wit
Lies in his wardrobe.