Melodious Frasi trills her quav’ring lay.
Say, is the sword well suited to the band?
Does broider’d coat agree with sable gown?
Can Dresden’s laces shade a Churchman’s hand,
Or Learning’s vot’ries ape the beaux of town?
Perhaps in these time-tott’ring walls reside
Some who were once the darlings of the fair;
Some who of old could tastes and fashions guide,
Controul the manager and awe the play’r.
But Science now has fill’d their vacant mind