Poetical vagaries; containing An ode to We, a hackney'd critick; . TWO PARSONS; THE TALE OF A SHIRT. Paupertas omnes artes perdocet.—Plautls. Adam and Eve were, at the Worlds beginning,Ashamed of nothing, till they took to sinning:But after Adams slip,—the first was Eves,— With sorrow big, They sought the Fig,To cool their blushes, with its banging leaves. TWO PARSONS, &C. 123 Whereby, we findThai, when all things were recent,(So paradoxical is human kind !)Till folks grew naughty, they were barely decent. Thus, Dress may date its originFrom Sin;Which proves, beyond the shadow of dispute,How m
Poetical vagaries; containing An ode to We, a hackney'd critick; . TWO PARSONS; THE TALE OF A SHIRT. Paupertas omnes artes perdocet.—Plautls. Adam and Eve were, at the Worlds beginning,Ashamed of nothing, till they took to sinning:But after Adams slip,—the first was Eves,— With sorrow big, They sought the Fig,To cool their blushes, with its banging leaves. TWO PARSONS, &C. 123 Whereby, we findThai, when all things were recent,(So paradoxical is human kind !)Till folks grew naughty, they were barely decent. Thus, Dress may date its originFrom Sin;Which proves, beyond the shadow of dispute,How many owe their livelihoods to Fruit:— For Fruit caused Sin ; and Sin brought Shame ;And all through Shame our Dresses came ;With that sad Stopper of our breath,Death! Now, had not Woman workd our fall,How many, who have trades, and avocations,Would shut up shop, in these our polished nations, And have no business to transact, at all! 124 POETICAL VAGAKIES. In such an instance^ what, pray, would become Of all our reverend Clergy ?—They would be thoug
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