Illustration of "Portrait of Mrs. Robert Harrison" by the artist John Singer Sargent
She carried herself well
But not with haughtiness
Such elegance was on display
In an extraordinary dress
This garment seems so daring
Could snatch your breath away
A dream of contradiction made
Of red, sheer white and grey
The splendour of the raiment
Diaphanous yet barbed
With swan-like clasped high neck
Such bliss to be so garbed
Her beauty undeniable
In portrait that stopped presses
It indelibly captures the
Most memorable of dresses
So avant-garde in confidence
So game to cause distemper
A woman dressed in eminence
Will always be remembered!