A Bonnet
( WITH APOLOGIES TO DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI .)
A BONNET is a woman's monument —
Memorial of her milliner's aptitude
To parallel her moral hardihood.
Whether on morning calls or shopping bent
Of every sumptuous fabric reverent,
Fashioned in ribbons or with lace endued,
She bears her own till Church and State have viewed
Its flowering crest, unrivalled — eminent.
A bonnet is a coin: the bill reveals
How much, and to what creditor 'tis due;
Nor all the might of conjugal appeals
Avails, when fashion offers something new;
Reason retires, Love grieves, but Woman kneels
In mental adoration at the view.
A BONNET is a woman's monument —
Memorial of her milliner's aptitude
To parallel her moral hardihood.
Whether on morning calls or shopping bent
Of every sumptuous fabric reverent,
Fashioned in ribbons or with lace endued,
She bears her own till Church and State have viewed
Its flowering crest, unrivalled — eminent.
A bonnet is a coin: the bill reveals
How much, and to what creditor 'tis due;
Nor all the might of conjugal appeals
Avails, when fashion offers something new;
Reason retires, Love grieves, but Woman kneels
In mental adoration at the view.
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