The Visit
Wearing a suit of simple gray,
I called upon a friend one day.
He straight unlocked his cedar room;
My senses swam with the perfume.
From shelves that hung at wondrous height,
He took down wear that dimmed my sight:
Breeches that buckled at the knee, —
" Smallclothes, " but much too large for me, —
Laced doublets, and cross-gartered hose;
It was a wondrous wealth of clothes.
But 't was not meant that I should share;
They were not shown for me to wear.
'T was only meant that I should see
How very fine a man was he.
And while he walked in brave array,
I sat there in my simple gray:
Think you that when I left his door,
I went much richer than before?
I called upon a friend one day.
He straight unlocked his cedar room;
My senses swam with the perfume.
From shelves that hung at wondrous height,
He took down wear that dimmed my sight:
Breeches that buckled at the knee, —
" Smallclothes, " but much too large for me, —
Laced doublets, and cross-gartered hose;
It was a wondrous wealth of clothes.
But 't was not meant that I should share;
They were not shown for me to wear.
'T was only meant that I should see
How very fine a man was he.
And while he walked in brave array,
I sat there in my simple gray:
Think you that when I left his door,
I went much richer than before?
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