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��50. THE IMPERIAL CONCUBINE ,-»-)
When a little child,
She was reared in a golden house,
Now ripe and lovely, she dwells
In the imperial palace of purple. *_
She will come forth from the innermost chamber, *T3~
A mountain flower in her glossy hair,
Robed in pink embroidered silk; $&
And always return at evening,
Accompanying the imperial palanquin. _^.__
Only, alas! — the hours of dance and song prp
Swiftly vanish into the sky
To tint, perhaps, the flying clouds in happy colors!
��One of the eight poems entitled "Palace Pleasures" which Li Po composed during his sojourn at the court. They describe the voluptuous life of Hsuan Tsung with Yang Kuei-fei.
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