A Virtuous Wife

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Title:     A Virtuous Wife
Author: Edward Powys Mathers [More Titles by Mathers]

One moment I place your two bright pearls against my robe,
And the red silk mirrors a rose in each.

Why did I not meet you before I married?

See, there are two tears quivering at my lids;
I am giving back your pearls.

From the Chinese of Chang Chi (770-850).

[The end]
Edward Powys Mathers's poem: Virtuous Wife

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