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So friend your shop was all your house	A
Its front astonishing the street	B
Invited view from man and mouse	A
To what diversity of treat	B
Behind its glass the single sheet	B
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What gimcracks genuine Japanese	C
Gape jaw and goggle eye the frog	D
Dragons owls monkeys beetles geese	E
Some crush nosed human hearted dog	F
Queer names too such a catalogue	F
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I thought And he who owns the wealth	G
Which blocks the window's vastitude	B
Ah could I peep at him by stealth	G
Behind his ware pass shop intrude	B
On house itself what scenes were viewed	B
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If wide and showy thus the shop	H
What must the habitation prove	I
The true house with no name a top	H
The mansion distant one remove	I
Once get him off his traffic groove	I
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Pictures he likes or books perhaps	J
And as for buying most and best	B
Commend me to these city chaps	J
Or else he's social takes his rest	B
On Sundays with a Lord for guest	B
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Some suburb palace parked about	B
And gated grandly built last year	K
The four mile walk to keep off gout	B
Or big seat sold by bankrupt peer	K
But then he takes the rail that's clear	K
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Or stop I wager taste selects	L
Some out o' the way some all unknown	M
Retreat the neighborhood suspects	L
Little that he who rambles lone	M
Makes Rothschild tremble on his throne	M
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Nowise Nor Mayfair residence	N
Fit to receive and entertain	O
Nor Hampstead villa's kind defence	P
From noise and crowd from dust and drain	O
Nor country box was soul's domain	O
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Nowise At back of all that spread	B
Of merchandise woe's me I find	B
A hole i' the wall where heels by head	B
The owner couched his ware behind	B
In cupboard suited to his mind	B
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For why He saw no use of life	Q
But while he drove a roaring trade	B
To chuckle Customers are rife	Q
To chafe So much hard cash outlaid	B
Yet zero in my profits made	B
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This novelty costs pains but takes	R
Cumbers my counter Stock no more	S
This article no such great shakes	R
Fizzes like wildfire Underscore	S
The cheap thing thousands to the fore '	-
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'Twas lodging best to live most nigh	T
Cramp coffinlike as crib might be	U
Receipt of Custom ear and eye	T
Wanted no outworld Hear and see	U
The bustle in the shop quoth he	U
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My fancy of a merchant prince	V
Was different Through his wares we groped	B
Our darkling way to not to mince	V
The matter no black den where moped	B
The master if we interloped	B
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Shop was shop only household stuff	W
What did he want with comforts there	X
Walls ceiling floor stay blank and rough	W
So goods on sale show rich and rare	X
'Sell and scud home ' be shop's affair	X
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What might he deal in Gems suppose	Y
Since somehow business must be done	Z
At cost of trouble see he throws	Y
You choice of jewels every one	Z
Good better best star moon and sun	Z
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Which lies within your power of purse	A2
This ruby that would tip aright	B
Solomon's sceptre Oh your nurse	A2
Wants simply coral the delight	B
Of teething baby stuff to bite	B
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Howe'er your choice fell straight you took	B2
Your purchase prompt your money rang	C2
On counter scarce the man forsook	B2
His study of the Times just swang	B2
Till ward his hand that stopped the clang	B2
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Then off made buyer with a prize	D2
Then seller to his Times returned	B
And so did day wear wear till eyes	D2
Brightened apace for rest was earned	B
He locked door long ere candle burned	B
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And whither went he Ask himself	E2
Not me To change of scene I think	B2
Once sold the ware and pursed the pelf	E2
Chaffer was scarce his meat and drink	B2
Nor all his music money chink	B2
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Because a man has shop to mind	B
In time and place since flesh must live	E2
Needs spirit lack all life behind	B
All stray thoughts fancies fugitive	E2
All loves except what trade can give	E2
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I want to know a butcher paints	F2
A baker rhymes for his pursuit	B
Candlestick maker much acquaints	F2
His soul with song or haply mute	B
Blows out his brains upon the flute	B
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But shop each day and all day long	B2
Friend your good angel slept your star	G2
Suffered eclipse fate did you wrong	B2
From where these sorts of treasures are	G2
There should our hearts be Christ how far	G2

Robert Browning

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