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A CIRCULAR by THOMAS HARDY

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First Line: AS 'LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE'
Last Line: WAS COSTUMED IN A SHROUD.
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.



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