Dear Bloomer Girl

Fair bloomer girl, here is to you

     A thousand welcomes; yes,

Ten thousand welcomes to you dear,

     And to your natty dress.

The heavy, awkward, sweeping skirt

     We have pronounced its doom;

Dear bloomer girl, come boldly out,

     And bloom, and bloom, and bloom.

Oct. 22, ‘95

Pub. in Boston

Courier, Jan. 5,

   ‘96