 | Collected poems of Thomas Hardy |  |
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A CIRCULAR
As “legal representative”
I read a missive not my own,
On new designs the senders give
For clothes, in tints as shown.
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 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.
Of Fashion, hails what lady proud?
Her who before last year ebbed out
Was costumed in a shroud.
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