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OLD POEM: 8 by ANONYMOUS

First Line: IN THE COURTYARD THERE GROWS A STRANGE TREE
Last Line: BUT IT MAY REMIND HIM OF THE TIME THAT HAS PAST SINCE HE LEFT
Subject(s): CHINA - EARLY PERIOD (TO 200 B.C.);
IN the courtyard there grows a strange tree,
Its green leaves ooze with a fragrant moisture.
Holding the branch I cut a flower from the tree,
Meaning to send it away to the person I love.
Its sweet smell fills my sleeves and lap.
The road is long, how shall I get it there?
Such a thing is not fine enough to send:
But it may remind him of the time that has past since he left.



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