A GOTHIC window, where a damask curtain Made the blank daylight shadowy and uncertain: A slab of agate on four eagle-talons Held trimly up and neatly taught to balance: A porcelain dish, o'er which in many a cluster Black grapes hung down, dead-ripe and without lustre: A melon cut in thin, delicious slices: A cake that seemed mosaic-work in spices: Two China cups with golden tulips sunny, And rich inside with chocolate like honey: And she and I the banquet-scene completing With dreamy words -- and very pleasant eating! |