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First Line: Oriental courtesy, jades and cloisonne
Last Line: Keeper of a certain little art shop in nanking.
Subject(s): Travel; Journeys; Trips


Oriental courtesy, jades and cloisonne,
Tabourets and incense haze, colored lanterns gay --
Elephants of ebony, fragile porcelain rare,
Sprays of artificial flowers, prints beyond compare;
Pidgin English gutterals, lily bulbs and shawls,
Lacquer-ware and linens, paper parasols --
Writhing dragons cast in bronze, gleam of ivory,
Gorgeous peacock feather fans worth one's while to see;
Bland inscrutability, burnished copper bowls --
Tesselated cabinets, bracelets, beads and scrolls --
Carvings of Confucius, lapis-lazuli,
Chopsticks, trays and tassels, dolls both large and wee;
Saffron hands gesticulating, ancient temple-gongs,
Broidered slippers, Mand'rin coats, ginger jars and tongs --
All these I remember when I think of one named Ming,
Keeper of a certain little art shop in Nanking.





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