But we know better how to act
Our cures we purchase more compact
For in the Chemists’ you can see
‘Iron Jelloids’ priced at ‘One and Three.’
Lord ‘Periwig’ and gay ‘Fallal’
In Sedan Chairs frequent the Mall.
‘Taxis’ and ‘Tubes’ we beg to state
Came in at a much later date.
When Brummel, the historic Beau,
Made laws for dress and outward show;
Whose vests were poems, whose coats were dreams
Of gorgeous beauty, so it seems;
Who figured in the public gaze
A ‘Star turn’ with his courtly ways;
Who fixed the style of a cravat,
Lord of Appeal anent a hat.
And My Lord Chesterfield was quite
The model of the most polite
Wrote famous letters. It’s a shame,
A settee has usurped his name.