Love
The Odalisque
Translated by Herbert A. Giles (1898) · From Chinese Poetry in English Verse (1898)
Love
A gaily dressed damsel steps forth from her bower,
Bewailing the fate that forbids her to roam;
In the courtyard she counts up the buds on each flower,
While a dragon-fly flutters and sits on her comb.
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MLA
Yü-hsi, Liu. “The Odalisque.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/liu-yu-hsi/1/.
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Yü-hsi, Liu. “The Odalisque.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/liu-yu-hsi/1/.
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