Dancing Dust
	Poems by Mollie Caird (1922-2000)
	Vive la difference
Home Alphabetic index of poems Thematic index of poems Biography Gallery Contact and links	When in subfusc my Julia goes To her exams, how strangely shows The divertissement of her clothes! Young Colin wears cap, gown, white tie, Black suit, plain shirt, to naked eye Like other Colins going by. But Julia's tie is ribbon, wool, Velvet or chiffon, frothy tulle, Thin as a string or ruffled full. Her shirt has frills of nylon lace, Flounces, or broderie anglaise, A personal, a female grace. But when you look beneath the knee, Ah then, what varied charms you see — No bas-bleux Julia's hosiery! cf  Herrick, Upon Julia's Clothes Oxford Times, 25 June 1965