The Fox and the Vizor Mask
A fox while walking out one day,
Into a toy shop chanced to stray;
Among the toys that stood arrayed,
A vizor mask was there displayed,
With rosy cheeks, complexion fair,
And ruby lips and auburn hair,
And eyes of blue, and Grecian nose;
And many beauties to disclose,
It seemed made. The fox, with sighs,
Gazed on. “Ah, ah!” he cries,
“Look at this head it naught contains,
It has rare beauty, but no brains.”
Moral
The accomplished beau, in air and mien how blest.
His hat well fashioned, and his hair well dress’d—
But still undress’d within: to give him brains
Exceeds his hatter’s or his barber’s pains.