The Satin Dress

Needle, needle, dip and dart

Thrusting up and down

Where's the man could ease a heart

Like a satin gown?



See the stitches curve and crawl

Round the cunning seams

Patterns thin and sweet and small

As a lady's dreams



Wantons go in bright brocade

Brides in organdie

Gingham's for the plighted maid

Satin's for the free!



Wool's to line a miser's chest

Crepe's to calm the old

Velvet hides an empty breast

Satin's for the bold!



Lawn is for a bishop's yoke

Linen's for a nun

Satin is for wiser folk

Would the dress were done!



Satin glows in candlelight

Satin's for the proud!

They will say who watch at night

"What a fine shroud!"