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The Ornament
By Henry Vaughan (16211695)
T
Her gorgeous mart and glittering store,
Where with proud haste the rich made way
To buy, the poor came to adore.
The latest modes of pride and lust;
Although the first must surely fall,
And the last is most loathsome dust.
With idle hearts and busie looks,
They viewed,—for idleness hath there
Laid up all her archives and books,—
Blushing, and in meek weeds arrayed,
With native looks which knew no guile,
Came the sheep-keeping Syrian maid.
Forced by her artless looks and dress;
While one cryed out, We are disgraced!
For she is bravest, you confess.