Poems by Emily Dickinson: My Country's Wardrobe

Updated May 6, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by EmilyDickinson
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My Country's Wardrobe

My Country's Wardrobe

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.
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