My Country's Wardrobe

by Emily Dickinson · (no date)
Published 01/07/1880

MY country need not change her gown,

      Her triple suit as sweet

As when 't was cut at Lexington,

And first pronounced "a fit."


Great Britain disapproves "the stars;"

Disparagement discreet,—

There 's something in their attitude

That taunts her bayonet.

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