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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TWO OF A TRADE, by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON 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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE OVIPAROUS TAILOR by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES THE TAILOR by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE OF A PRECISE TAILOR by JOHN HARRINGTON EVENING, BY A TAILOR by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES YE TAILYOR-MAN; A CONTEMPLATIVE BALLAD by JOHN GODFREY SAXE PAST AND PRESENT by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON A BOTTLE OF THE OLD by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON A DILEMMA by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON A LAWYER'S BILL by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON A LOOKING-GLASS FOR LANDLORDS by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON |
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