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In many a lecture, many a book, / You all have heard, you all have read, / That time is precious. Of its use / Much has been written, much been said.
There's not a more productive source / Of waste of time to the young mind / Than dress; as it regards our hours, / My view of it is now confined.
Without some calculation, youth / May live to age, and never guess / That no one study they pursue / Takes half the time they give to dress.
Write in your memorandum book / The time you at your toilette spend; / Then, every moment which you pass / Talking of dress with a young friend;
And ever when your silent thoughts / Have on this subject been intent, / Set down as nearly as you can, / How long on dress your thoughts were bent.
If faithfully you should perform / This task, 'twould teach you to repair / Lost hours, by giving unto dress / Not more of time than its due share.