THE ANTIQUE
"Martha," she called across the hedge,
"Come over and see the antique I got yesterday—
A dressing table—simply a gem!"
"Come over and see the antique I got yesterday—
A dressing table—simply a gem!"
So we went over, Martha and I,
And there, against the living-room wall,
Tangled in a maze of cluttering furniture,
China closets bulging with miscellanies,
Desks, book-cases, sofas, chairs, tables,
With endless repetitions of lamps on them,
Stood the antique.
And there, against the living-room wall,
Tangled in a maze of cluttering furniture,
China closets bulging with miscellanies,
Desks, book-cases, sofas, chairs, tables,
With endless repetitions of lamps on them,
Stood the antique.
It was a beauty, she explained,
With spiraling curly-maple legs,
A body of solid mahogany,
And drawer and top of exquisitely feathered maple.
With spiraling curly-maple legs,
A body of solid mahogany,
And drawer and top of exquisitely feathered maple.
She gloated over every detail of it and its purchase;
It had been owned by a cousin of ex-Governor So-and-so,
Which added incalculably to its value;
It had been owned by a cousin of ex-Governor So-and-so,
Which added incalculably to its value;
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