THE JAPANESE NOVELTY STORE.
I.Each morning, at nine,I pass under the sign—A fan with a stork flying o’er—And see, as I go,A remarkable show,At the Japanese Novelty Store.II.There’s an odd little man,From the booths of Japan,Who walks to and fro on the floor;His eyes are oblique,And he talks with a squeak,At the Japanese Novelty Store.III.There are teacups and trays,And boxes ablazeWith lacquer and gilding galore;Individual “butters,”And bronze paper cutters,At the Japanese Novelty Store.IV.You ask the expense,It is twenty five centsFor a lantern as big as a door;But a dollar won’t buyA vase an inch highAt the Japanese Novelty Store.V.Cranes, fishes, and dragons,And Cloisonné flagons,No man can say what they are for;But—down to the stork—They’re all made in New YorkFor the Japanese Novelty Store.Allanson Goodwin.
I.Each morning, at nine,I pass under the sign—A fan with a stork flying o’er—And see, as I go,A remarkable show,At the Japanese Novelty Store.II.There’s an odd little man,From the booths of Japan,Who walks to and fro on the floor;His eyes are oblique,And he talks with a squeak,At the Japanese Novelty Store.III.There are teacups and trays,And boxes ablazeWith lacquer and gilding galore;Individual “butters,”And bronze paper cutters,At the Japanese Novelty Store.IV.You ask the expense,It is twenty five centsFor a lantern as big as a door;But a dollar won’t buyA vase an inch highAt the Japanese Novelty Store.V.Cranes, fishes, and dragons,And Cloisonné flagons,No man can say what they are for;But—down to the stork—They’re all made in New YorkFor the Japanese Novelty Store.Allanson Goodwin.
I.
I.
Each morning, at nine,I pass under the sign—A fan with a stork flying o’er—And see, as I go,A remarkable show,At the Japanese Novelty Store.
Each morning, at nine,
I pass under the sign—
A fan with a stork flying o’er—
And see, as I go,
A remarkable show,
At the Japanese Novelty Store.
II.
II.
There’s an odd little man,From the booths of Japan,Who walks to and fro on the floor;His eyes are oblique,And he talks with a squeak,At the Japanese Novelty Store.
There’s an odd little man,
From the booths of Japan,
Who walks to and fro on the floor;
His eyes are oblique,
And he talks with a squeak,
At the Japanese Novelty Store.
III.
III.
There are teacups and trays,And boxes ablazeWith lacquer and gilding galore;Individual “butters,”And bronze paper cutters,At the Japanese Novelty Store.
There are teacups and trays,
And boxes ablaze
With lacquer and gilding galore;
Individual “butters,”
And bronze paper cutters,
At the Japanese Novelty Store.
IV.
IV.
You ask the expense,It is twenty five centsFor a lantern as big as a door;But a dollar won’t buyA vase an inch highAt the Japanese Novelty Store.
You ask the expense,
It is twenty five cents
For a lantern as big as a door;
But a dollar won’t buy
A vase an inch high
At the Japanese Novelty Store.
V.
V.
Cranes, fishes, and dragons,And Cloisonné flagons,No man can say what they are for;But—down to the stork—They’re all made in New YorkFor the Japanese Novelty Store.
Cranes, fishes, and dragons,
And Cloisonné flagons,
No man can say what they are for;
But—down to the stork—
They’re all made in New York
For the Japanese Novelty Store.
Allanson Goodwin.
Allanson Goodwin.