As 'legal representative'
I read a missive not my own,
On new designs the senders give
For clothes, in tints as shown.
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An intriguing theme as also the poem. Yet quite amusing.
........an interesting poem and theme...he must have seen fashion change many times in his lifetime ★
More use of understatement from Hardy contrasting the relative importance of societal dress fashion and death. Which is of more concern?