You nice little madam! you know you’re nice.
I remember hearing a parson say
You’re a plateful of vanity pepper’d with vice;
You chap at the gate thinks t’ other way.
On his waistcoat you read both his head and his heart:
There’s a whole week’s wages there figured in gold!
Yes! when you turn round you may well give a start:
It’s fun to a fellow who’s getting old.
V
Now, that’s a good craft, weaving waistcoats and flowers,
And selling of ribbons, and scenting of lard:
It gives you a house to get in from the showers,
And food when your appetite jockeys you hard.
You live a respectable man; but I ask
If it’s worth the trouble? You use your tools,
And spend your time, and what’s your task?
Why, to make a slide for a couple of fools.