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Eugene Field - The Discreet CollectorEugene Field - The Discreet Collector
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Down south there is a curio-shop   Unknown to many men; Thereat do I intend to stop   When I am south again; The narrow street through which to go—   Aha! I know it well! And may be you would like to know—   But no—I will not tell! `T is there to find the loveliest plates   (The bluest of the blue!) At such surprisingly low rates   You`d not believe it true! And there is one Napoleon vase   Of dainty Sèvres to sell— I`m sure you`d like to know that place—   But no—I will not tell! Then, too, I know another shop   Has old, old beds for sale, With lovely testers up on top   Carved in ornate detail; And there are sideboards rich and rare,   With fronts that proudly swell— Oh, there are bargains waiting there,   But where I will not tell! And hark! I know a bottle-man   Smiling and debonair, And he has promised me I can   Choose of his precious ware! In age and shape and color, too,   His dainty goods excel— Aha, my friends, if you but knew—   But no! I will not tell! A thousand other shops I know   Where bargains can be got— Where other folk would like to go   Who have what I have not. I let them hunt; I hold my mouth—   Yes, though I know full well Where lie the treasures of the south,   I`m not a going to tell!
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