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Revision as of 16:57, 11 April 2009
| Arterial written by Rudyard Kipling |
| First published Poems, 1886–1929 as part of The Muse Among the Motors. | Link to further information |
Early Chinese.
I
Frost upon small rain—the ebony-lacquered avenue
Reflecting lamps as a pool shows goldfish.
The sight suddenly emptied out of the young man's eyes
Entering upon it sideways.
II
In youth, by hazard, I killed an old man.
In age I maimed a little child.
Dead leaves under foot reproach not:
But the lop-sided cherry-branch—whenever the sun rises,
How black a shadow!