The Morning Shower
The young lady shows like a thing of light In the shadowy deeps of a fair window Grown round with flowers. She is naked and leans forward, and her flesh like frost Gathers the light beyond the stone brim. Only the hair made ready for the day Suggests the charm of modern clothing. Her blond eyebrows are the shape of very young moons. The shower's bright water overflows In a pure rain. She lifts one arm into an urgent line, Cooling her rose fingers On the grey metal of the spray. If I could choose my service, I would be the shower Dashing over her in the sunlight. From the Chinese of J.S. Ling (1901).
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"The young lady shows like a thing of light..."
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