Ribbons of the Year－1
Multitude Brocade－
Worn to Nature's Party once
Then, as flung aside 4
As a faded Bead
Or a Wrinkled Pearl
Who shall charge the Vanity
Of the Maker's Girl?
Multitude Brocade－
Worn to Nature's Party once
Then, as flung aside 4
As a faded Bead
Or a Wrinkled Pearl
Who shall charge the Vanity
Of the Maker's Girl?
(F.1065/J.873)
[1–8] Vanity:: the poem is about Vanity Fair (1847) by William Makepeace Thackeray.
[1] Ribbons, Year, Brocade:: colorful time of women in the book.
[3] Party:: a fair, a hint on Vanity Fair.
[4–6] faded Bead, Wrinkled Pearl:: symbols of Vanitas Vanitatum at the end of the book, meaning Vanity of vanities.
[7] Vanity:: a hint on Vanity Fair.
[8] Maker's Girl:: a work by Makepeace.
Ah! Vanitas Vanitatum! Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?－Come, children, let us shut up the box and the puppets, for our play is played out. ─ Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero (1853)
Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity. (Ecclesiastes 12:8)