Neatness In Apparel

In your garb and outward clothing A reserved plainness use; By their neatness more distinguish'd Than the brightness of their hues.

All the colours in the rainbow Serve to spread the peacock's train; Half the lustre of his feathers Would turn twenty coxcombs vain.

Yet the swan that swims in rivers, Pleases the judicious sight; Who, of brighter colours heedless, Trusts alone to simple white.

Yet all other hues, compared With his whiteness, show amiss; And the peacock's coat of colours Like a fool's coat looks by his.