But then he died some years ago,
And never saw Dick’s long-tail’d Coat.
Or, past all doubt, the Poet’s theme
Had never been the “White Capote,”
Had he once view’d, in Fancy’s dream,
The glories of Dick’s long-tail’d Coat.
We also know on Highland kilt
Poor dear Glengary used to dote,
And had esteem’d it actual guilt
I’ “the Gael” to wear a long-tail’d Coat,