Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, OCTAVES IN A GARDEN: 25. ROMAN GLASSWARE PRESERVED IN THE ASHMOLEAN, by ARTHUR W. UPSON


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OCTAVES IN A GARDEN: 25. ROMAN GLASSWARE PRESERVED IN THE ASHMOLEAN, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Fair crystal cups are dug from earth's old crust
Last Line: Brave with faint memories, rich in rainbow-rust.
Subject(s): Friendship - False Friends; Fair Weather Friends


FAIR crystal cups are dug from earth's old crust,
Shattered but lovely; for, at price of all
Their shameful exile from the banquet-hall,
They have been bargaining beauties from the dust.
So, dig my life but deep enough, you must
Find broken friendships round its inner wall—
Which once my careless hand let slip and fall—
Brave with faint memories, rich in rainbow-rust.





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