English poem
Iii.--Her Gown
by Arthur Macy (1842–1904)
When Kate puts on her Sunday gown And goes to church all in her best, The watchful gargoyles looking down Relax their most forbidding frown, And smile with kindly interest.
Discerning gargoyles! could I be One of your number looking down, With you I surely would agree And share your amiability At sight of Kate and Sunday gown.