Male Fashions for 1799
Crops like hedgehogs, high-crown'd hats, Whispers like Jew
ES ; Padded collars, thick cravats, And cheeks as red as roses. Faces painted pink and brown ; Waistcoats strip'd and gaudy ; Sleeves thrice doubled thick with down, And straps to brace the body. Short great-coats that reach the knees, Boots like French postillion ; Worn the G——- race to please, But laugh'd at by the million. Square-toed shoes, with silken strings, Pantaloons not fitting ; Finger deck'd with wedding rings, And small-clothes made of knitting. Curricles so low, that they Along the ground seem dragging ; Hacks that weary half the day In Rotten-row are fagging. Bull-dogs grim, and boxers bold, In noble trains attending ; Science which is bought with gold, And flatt'rers vice commending. Hair-cords, and plain rings, to shew Many a
DY's favour,
HT by ev'ry vaunting beau, With mischievous endeavour. Such is giddy
ON's son ! Such a
RN
ER! Oh ! wou'd their reign had ne'er begun ! And may it soon BE
ER!
Mary Darby Robinson
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The Alien Boy
'Twas on a Mountain, near the Western An EN dwelt A solitary
Elegy on the Death of Lady Middleton
HE knell of death, that on the twilight gale, Swells its deep murmur to the pensive ear; In awful sounds repeats a mournful tale, And claims the tribute of a tender tear The dreadful hour is past the mandate giv'n
Elegy to the Memory of Werter
With female Fairies will thy tomb be hauntedAnd worms will not come to thee RE EN from Day's closing eye the lucid tears Fall lightly on the bending lily's head; When o'er the blushing sky night's curtains spread,...
Mistress Gurtons Cat
Old SS ON had a Cat, A Tabby, loveliest of the race, Sleek as a doe, and tame, and fat With velvet paws, and whisker'd face;
