Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IN THE ANTWERP GALLERY, by MARY ATWATER TAYLOR


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IN THE ANTWERP GALLERY, by                    
First Line: Shadowed velvet and rosy pearls
Last Line: Rembrandt's portrait of my aunt!
Subject(s): Portraits; Rembrandt Harmensz Van Riij (1606-1669)


Shadowed velvet and rosy pearls,
Mechlin lace in wide-set bands,
Heavy neck and florid face,
Smoothly sensual hands.
Matchless emeralds around the throat,
Fingers clustered with showy rings,
Flemish figure and bovine gaze, --
The gaze that feeds on things.
Hard blue eyes in a hard drab brow,
Set with a curious Eastern slant, --
Yes, it's an excellent likeness, that, --
Rembrandt's portrait of my Aunt!





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