Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IN EARTHEN VESSELS, by CHARLES WHARTON STORK


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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!





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