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A Lute of Jade

by L. Cranmer-Byng

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Tears in the Spring

Clad in blue silk and bright embroidery
At the first call of Spring the fair young bride,
On whom as yet Sorrow has laid no scar,
Climbs the Kingfisher’s Tower. Suddenly
She sees the bloom of willows far and wide,
And grieves for him she lent to fame and war.

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