“The Satin Dress” by Ricky Ian Gordon. Candice Hoyes, soprano in recital at Morgan Library (2025) скачать в хорошем качестве

“The Satin Dress” by Ricky Ian Gordon. Candice Hoyes, soprano in recital at Morgan Library (2025)

“The Satin Dress” by Ricky Ian Gordon and poetry by Dorothy Parker. Candice Hoyes, soprano and Kevin J Miller in recital ‪@morganlibrary‬ “Belle Canto” January 22, 2025 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 brocades; Brides in organdie; Gingham’s for the plighted maid; Satin’s for the free! Wool’s to line a miser’s chest; Crape’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 candle-light— Satin’s for the proud! They will say who watch at night, “What a fine shroud!” From Enough Rope (Boni & Liveright, 1926) by Dorothy Parker. This poem is in the public domain.