To rule the world by reason taught,

On dress disdain to waste a thought;

For he, whom folly bends so low,

Ambitious to be thought a beau.

Is studious only to be gay,

In toilet-arts consumes the day;

And, the long trifling labours o’er,

Takes wing, and bids the world adore;

Looks down with scorn on rival flies,

Himself less splendid and less wise;