AS 'legal representative' I read a missive not my own, On new designs the senders give For clothes, in tints as shown. Here figure blouses, gowns for tea, And presentation-trains of state, Charming ball-dresses, millinery, Warranted up to date. And this gay-pictured, spring-time shout Of Fashion, hails what lady proud? Her who before last year ebbed out Was costumed in a shroud. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN A LECTURE-ROOM by ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH THE SHIPWRECK, SELECTION by WILLIAM FALCONER TO ANTHEA [WHO MAY COMMAND HIM ANYTHING] by ROBERT HERRICK THE BRAVEST BATTLE by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER |