What is the meaning and message of Jonathan Swift's poem "The Lady's Dressing Room"? eNotes.com The Reason That Induced Dr. S. to Write a Poem Called The Lady's Dressing Room Philosophical Reflections: Celia Shits: on Jonathan Swift's "The Lady's Dressing Room" English Historical Fiction Authors: Make up in the Eighteenth Century a fatal attraction. The Lady's Dressing Room. to Which Is Added, I. a Poem on Cutting Down the Old Thorn at Market Hill. III. an Epigram by the REV. Dr. S T. the The Poems of Jonathan Swift by Jonathan Swift: The Place of the Damned