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First Line: A little, upright, pert, tart, tripping wight
Last Line: Still making work his selfish craft must mend.
Subject(s): Booksellers; Bookstores


A little upright, pert, tart, tripping wight,
And still his precious self his dear delight;
Who loves his own smart shadow in the streets,
Better than e'er the fairest she he meets;
Much specious lore, but little understood,
(Veneering oft outshines the solid wood),
His solid sense, by inches you must tell,
But mete his cunning by the Scottish ell!
A man of fashion too, he made his tour,
Learn'd "vive la bagatelle et vive l'amour;"
So travell'd monkeys their grimace improve,
Polish their grin-nay, sigh for ladies' love!
His meddling vanity, a busy fiend,
Still making work his selfish craft must mend.






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