The Jade Mountain
Chu Ch'ing-yü
餘慶朱
A SONG OF THE PALACE
Now that the palace-gate has softly closed on its flowers,Ladies file out to their pavilion of jade,Abrim to the lips with imperial gossipBut not daring to breathe it with a parrot among them.
ON THE EVE OF GOVERNMENT EXAMINATIONS
To Secretary Chang
Out go the great red wedding-chamber candles.Tomorrow in state the bride faces your parents.She has finished preparing; she asks of you meeklyWhether her eyebrows are painted in fashion.
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