tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post4205891424177349648..comments2024-03-28T18:48:28.471-07:00Comments on the prowling Bee: The Day undressed — Herself —Susan Kornfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384011972647144453noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-17532352962331619432023-10-21T16:44:19.909-07:002023-10-21T16:44:19.909-07:00"Her Candle so expire
The flickering be seen
..."Her Candle so expire<br />The flickering be seen<br />On Ball of Mast — in Bosporus —<br />And Dome — and Window Pane."<br /><br />ED’s west-facing bedroom window pane, immediately above her small writing desk, was on Homestead's second floor, an excellent place to watch Sun’s last “flickering”.<br />Larry Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810899482852120751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-36077233753706933132023-10-21T16:27:51.109-07:002023-10-21T16:27:51.109-07:00Dimity is a type of cotton cloth, but in the conte...Dimity is a type of cotton cloth, but in the context of this poem it is an article of clothing, namely underwear.<br /><br />A dimity is a bit of draping worn by performers of the Poses Plastiques, which was an early form of strip tease. Performers wore flesh colored silk body stockings and a dimity to give the illusion of modesty.<br /><br />In the Finale of Act I of The Pirates of Penzance, the Pirates sing, "Pray observe the magnanimity we display to lace and dimity"<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimity<br />Larry Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810899482852120751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-87260351112457004902015-04-17T05:29:34.640-07:002015-04-17T05:29:34.640-07:00Thank you for your thoroughness. Reading your blog...Thank you for your thoroughness. Reading your blog gives me the joy of knowing you have written this out of your own joy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com