Love
The Good Wife early wakes her Lord
Translated by William Jennings (1891) · From The Shi King (Jennings, 1891), Part I, Book viii
"The cock lias already crowed!
And crowds in thy Court are found."
— " Nay, that was no Crowing of cocks;
'Twas the blue flies humming round."
"The daylight is in the East!
All gay is thy Court, so soon."
— " Nay, that is no daylight there;
'Tis the light of the rising moon."
"Ah, with murmur of insects around,
'Twere sweet to lie dreaming here with thee;
But the folks there gathered may go;
And let none think scorn of thee and me."
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MLA
Shi Jing (The Book of Songs). “The Good Wife early wakes her Lord.” Translated by William Jennings. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/shi-jing/364/.
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Shi Jing (The Book of Songs). “The Good Wife early wakes her Lord.” Translated by William Jennings. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/shi-jing/364/.
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