In a China Shop

by George Sidney Hellman

A Dresden shepherdess was one day Milking a small Delft cow, When a Sevres Marquis came along— I saw him smile and bow: “O lovely shepherdess, hear my song,” I think I heard him say, “For thou hast captured my porcelain heart, And by my sword I swear thou art A star in the Milky Way.”

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