Read the poem: “My Country’s Wardrobe”

by Emily Dickinson

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson
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My Country’s Wardrobe

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My country need not change her gown,

Her triple suit as sweet

As when ‘t was cut at Lexington,

And first pronounced “a fit.”

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Great Britain disapproves “the stars;”

Disparagement discreet, —

There ‘s something in their attitude

That taunts her bayonet.

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson

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