Mary Sets The Table

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Title:     Mary Sets The Table
Author: David Morton [More Titles by Morton]

She brings such gay and shining things to pass,
With delicate, deft fingers that are learned
In ways of silverware and cup and glass,
Arrayed in ordered patterns, trimly turned;--
And never guesses how this subtle ease
Is older than the oldest tale we tell,
This gift that guides her through such tricks as these,----
And my delight in watching her, as well.

She thinks not how this art with spoon and plate,
Is one with ancient women baking bread:
An epic heritance come down of late
To slender hands, and dear, delightful head,--
How Trojan housewives vie in serving me,
Where Mary sets the table things for tea.

[The end]
David Morton's poem: Mary Sets The Table

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