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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN EARTHEN VESSELS, by CHARLES WHARTON STORK Poet's Biography First Line: Though from a jar unseen the waiting bowl Last Line: Nor heed the less that it must break at last! Subject(s): Pottery And Potters | |||
Though from a jar unseen the waiting bowl Be crowned with gallant liquor to the brim, A lurch may spill, a crack may drain the whole Red joy and set the pavement flags a-swim. And if the goblet be of Grecian birth Embossed with shapes heroic or divine, Prize it no less nor more than painted earth Privileged a while to hold Olympian wine. Beware, O Ganymede, the banquet law That pardons neither stumble, jolt nor slip; Guard well the goblet against every flaw The while you bear it to the parching lip Firmly, unlagging, not a step too fast -- Nor heed the less that it must break at last! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FACE JUGS: HOMAGE TO LANIER MEADERS by DAVID BOTTOMS POTTERY MAKER by MARGARET MARCHAND BROWN THE POTTERY MAKER by CAREY YATES BUSBY THE CONTRAST TO WATTS' HYMN 'THE POTTER AND THE CLAT' by JOHN BYROM CREATION by JULIA MAY COURTNEY THE FIRE VASE by NATHALIA CRANE MOMENT IN MARBLE by HORTENSE KING FLEXNER AWAKENING by KATE HASSELL REYNOLDS A DIVER by CHARLES WHARTON STORK |
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