A fat man’s gait may make us smile, who has no gate to close;

The farmer sitting on his stile no stylish person knows;

Perfumers men of scents must be; some Scilly men are bright;

A brown man oft deep read we see—a black a wicked wight.

Most wealthy men good manners have, however vulgar they,

And actors still the harder slave the oftener they play;

So poets can’t the baize obtain unless their tailors choose,

While grooms and coachmen not in vain each evening seek the mews.

The dyer who by dying lives, a dire life maintains;

The glazier, it is known, receives his profits from his panes;