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LIU CH'E by EZRA POUND

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First Line: THE RUSTLING OF THE SILK IS DISCONTINUED
Last Line: A WET LEAF THAT CLINGS TO THE THRESHOLD.
The rustling of the silk is discontinued,
Dust drifts over the court-yard,
There is no sound of foot-fall, and the leaves
Scurry into heaps and lie still,
And she the rejoicer of the heart is beneath them:

A wet leaf that clings to the threshold.



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