Living
Neglected
Translated by William Jennings (1891) · From The Shi King (Jennings, 1891), Part I, Book vii
Dear wearer of the collar blue!
Long hath my heart no peace.
What though I may not come to thee,
Must then thy missives cease?
Dear wearer of the cincture blue!
Long is my anxious thought.
What though I may not come to thee,
Must I be left unsought?
There by the watch-tower on the wall
Thou mak'st thyself full free!
While, with no glimpse of thee, one day
Is like three months to me!
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Shi Jing (The Book of Songs). “Neglected.” Translated by William Jennings. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/shi-jing/360/.
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Shi Jing (The Book of Songs). “Neglected.” Translated by William Jennings. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/shi-jing/360/.
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