XXVI.

The difference is, that in the days of old

Men made the Manners; Manners now make men—

Pinned like a flock, and fleeced too in their fold,

At least nine, and a ninth beside of ten.

Now this at all events must render cold

Your writers, who must either draw again

Days better drawn before, or else assume

The present, with their common-place costume.

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