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A friend sends her perfumed carriage
And high-bred horses to fetch me.
I decline the invitation of
My old poetry and wine companion.
I remember the happy days in the lost capital.
We took our ease in the woman's quarters.
The Feast of Lanterns was elaborately celebrated -
Folded pendants, emerald hairpins, brocaded girdles,
New sashes - we competed
To see who was most smartly dressed.
Now I am withering away,
Wind-blown hair, frost temples.
I prefer to stay beyond the curtains,
And listen to talk and laughter
I can no longer share.
A Friend Sends Her Perfumed Carriage
Li Ching Chao
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Poem topics: away, friend, hair, happy, laughter, lost, poetry, remember, wind, woman, frost, stay, listen, capital, prefer, share, talk, high, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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