A Circular

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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 was out
  Was costumed in a shroud.

© Thomas Hardy