Love
The Spinster
Translated by Herbert A. Giles (1898) · From Chinese Poetry in English Verse (1898)
Love
Dim twilight throws a deeper shade across the window-screen;
Alone within a gilded hall her tear-drops flow unseen.
No sound the lonely court-yard stirs; the spring is all but through;
Around the pear-blooms fade and fall and no one comes to woo.
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MLA
Fang-p’ing, Liu. “The Spinster.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/liu-fang-ping/0/.
Chicago
Fang-p’ing, Liu. “The Spinster.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/liu-fang-ping/0/.
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