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.