Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TWO OF A TRADE, by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON


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TWO OF A TRADE, by                 Poet's Biography
First Line: Pedestrians! Buy your pantaloons at sixteen shillings new
Last Line: Though scarce ten yards apart, the two are miles and miles asunder.
Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E.
Subject(s): Clothing & Dress; Tailors; Dress Makers


PEDESTRIANS! buy your pantaloons at sixteen shillings new;
But ere you measure miles in them, the Miles must measure you.
Since two of one trade never yet were able to agree,
Of course there must a breach between two breeches-makers be.
These two contending tailors, call them Mileses, if you please—
But Miles in the plural should be written Milites—
The curious fact which causes most their customers to wonder,
Though scarce ten yards apart, the two are Miles and Miles asunder.





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