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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VICTORIAN LADIES, by MILDRED HATTON BRYAN
First Line: This picture that you see, sir, on the wall
Last Line: "you've seen her often here. My daughter, sir!"
Subject(s): Clothing & Dress; Irony; Youth
First Line: This picture that you see, sir, on the wall
Last Line: "you've seen her often here. My daughter, sir!"
Subject(s): Clothing & Dress; Irony; Youth
"This picture that you see, sir, on the wall
Presents a lady wearing what we call
A costume mid-Victorian. For years
The baited objects of our jibes and jeers
These great puffed sleeves and collars neatly pinned
Beneath the chin! Sartorially they sinned!
'How could they wear such clothes!' my daughter said,
And airily she tossed her saucy head
This way and that as she emerged from chrysalis to butterfly -- 'Now I like
this!'
And since that speech but scarce a year has passed --
Yes, sir, the lady on the wall? My mother.
And standing near, in big puffed sleeves, that other,
With quaint brooch at the throat? You must know her,
You've seen her often here. My daughter, sir!"
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