… of use, To teach good manners, and to curb abuse: Admit it true, the consequence is clear, Our polish'd manners are a mask we wear, And at the bottom barbarous still and rude; We are restrain'd indeed, but not subdued. The very remedy, … A graver coxcomb we may sometimes see, Quite as absurd, though not so light as he: A shallow brain behind a serious mask, An oracle within an empty cask, The solemn fop; significant and budge; A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge. … shows, Claps spectacles on her sagacious nose, Peruses closely the true Christian's face, And finds it a mere mask of sly grimace; Usurps God's office, lays his bosom bare, And finds hypocrisy close lurking there; And, serving God …