When call'd upon to prove our taste

In ssaving what would run to waste;

For rumpled fin'ry, all thrown by,

Is safer in our custody.

—When t'other day the Knight bespoke

A new great-coat and Hussar cloak;

'Sure, Sir,' I said, 'you have forgot

Of these same coverings what a lot,

Neither be-spotted, scratch'd or torn

And some of them have scarce been worn,