"Dwellers in huts and in marble halls— From Shepherdess up to Queen— Cared little for bonnets, and less for shawls, And nothing for crinoline. But now Simplicity's not the rage, And it's funny to think how cold The dress they wore in the Golden Age Would seem in the Age of Gold."
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, "The Two Ages", Stanza 4, in Carols of Cockayne (London: John Camden Hotten, 1869), p. 28.
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