Buy—Buy—Buy, &c.
Now, of course you’ve got a right to change your ancient gold for glitter,
But which is best, a steady Light, or one that can but flitter,
And die away, till in the dark, you find you’re but a sold one?
So unless you’re sure it’s a better one, why, never change the old one.
Don’t—Buy—Buy,
“New Lamps for Old Ones” of Meddlers never buy.
J. A. Hardwick. About 1852.
The Unconscious Guy Fawkes; or, in the Wrong Cellar.