Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE CANTON VASE, by ELEANOR G. R. YOUNG


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THE CANTON VASE, by                    
First Line: I call you mine-and yet that cannot be
Last Line: Had painted all the joy within his heart!
Subject(s): Art & Artists; Paintings And Painters


I call you mine—and yet that cannot be:
Some gifted dreamer of the Long Ago
Visioned your beauty and made haste to show
Its charm and old-world loveliness to me;
So that I ever wonder when I see
Quaint little people of a distant land
Walk gravely on your surface hand in hand,
Attired in flowing robe and gay obi;
Splashes of lacquer-red—jade—green and gold—
Bright butterflies—rare flowers of rosy hue—
With here a fleeting glimpse of Chinese blue—
'Twould seem as though that painter of the past
In one great effort to express his art
Had painted all the joy within his heart!





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