Love
Hope
Translated by Herbert A. Giles (1898) · From Chinese Poetry in English Verse (1898)
Love
Last eve thou wert a bride,
This morn thy dream is o'er
Cast not thy rouge aside,
He may be thine once more.
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MLA
Te-yü, Ch’üan. “Hope.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/chuan-te-yu/0/.
Chicago
Te-yü, Ch’üan. “Hope.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/chuan-te-yu/0/.
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