The sacred Muse that firste made love devine
hath made him naked and without attyre
but I will cloth him with this penn of myne
that all the world his fashion shall admyre
his hatt of hope, his bande of beautye fine
his cloake of crafte, his doblett of desyre
greife for a girdell, shall aboute him twyne
his pointes of pride, his Iletholes of yre
his hose of hate, his Codpeece of conceite
his stockings of sterne strife, his shirte of shame
his garters of vaine glorie gaye and slyte
his pantofels of passions I will frame,
Pumpes of presumption shall adorne his feete
and Socks of sullennes excedinge sweete.
—
Sir John Davies (1569-1626)
Sir John Davies, The Poems of Sir John Davies; Oxford University Press, Oxford; ISBN 0198127162
