Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
On Seeing the Portrait of a Beautiful ConcubineFlorence Ayscough and Amy Lowell, trans.
From “Chinese Written Wall Pictures”
Ch’en Hung-Shou—Nineteenth Century
Ch’en Hung-Shou—Nineteenth Century
F
Spring mud
Slippery as bean curds.
In a rose-red flash, she approaches—
Red like wine;
Tottering as though overcome with wine.
Her little feet slip on the sliding path—
Who will support her?
Clearly it is her picture
We see here,
In a rose-red silken dress,
Her hair plaited like the folds
Of the hundred clouds.
It is Manshu.