Florence Ayscough and Amy Lowell, trans. The Palace Blossoms. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22.

The Palace Blossoms

By Florence Ayscough and Amy Lowell, trans.


From “Chinese Written Wall Pictures” T’ai Ta-mien—Eighteenth Century WHEN the rain ceases,
The white water-flowers of Ch’ang Lo stroll together at sunset
In the City by the River.
The young girls are no longer confined
In the tower pavilions,	5
But may gaze at the green water
Whirling under the bridge of many turnings.