Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CONNOISSEUR, by ELEANOR G. R. YOUNG


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CONNOISSEUR, by                    
First Line: We watched him wander
Last Line: Till one came who knew!
Subject(s): Wandering & Wanderers


We watched him wander
Through the little shop;
Saw his slim fingers
Touch a lyre-back chair
With lingering affection;
Saw the care
With which he opened
An old maple desk;
Saw how his eyes took fire
As he espied
A slender table
Done by Duncan Phyfe;
Saw his hand tremble
With quick eagerness
At sight of an old chest
Of German type.

Then, as we watched him
Handle fragile bits
Of Staffordshire and Lowestoft
And old Delft,
Heard him cry out
In sudden, hushed delight:

Out of the mass of crockery and glass
His eyes, that could discern
The choice and rare,
Had lighted on a pitcher standing there,
A slender thing
Of coppery luster-ware
Banded with brilliant blue,
Waiting serenely
Till one came who knew!





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