The Garden of Bright Waters - One Hundred and Twenty Asiatic Love Poems by Unknown
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A SONG FOR TWO
I have lacquered my teeth to find a husband. And I have need of a wife. Give me a kiss and they will marry us At Mo-Lao, my village. I will marry you if you will wait for me, Wait till the banana puts forth branches, And fruit hangs heavy on the Sung-tree, And the onion flowers; Wait till the dove goes down in the pool to lay her eggs, And the eel climbs into a tree to make her nest. _Song of Annam._ _ARABIC_ SAND The sand is like acres of wet milk Poured out under the moonlight; It crawls up about your brown feet Like wine trodden from white stars. |
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