| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917. |
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| 200. Chinoiseries |
| | | Reflections |
| | | By Amy Lowell |
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| WHEN I looked into your eyes, | |
| I saw a garden | |
| With peonies, and tinkling pagodas, | |
| And round-arched bridges | |
| Over still lakes. | 5 |
| A woman sat beside the water | |
| In a rain-blue, silken garment. | |
| She reached through the water | |
| To pluck the crimson peonies | |
| Beneath the surface, | 10 |
| But as she grasped the stems, | |
| They jarred and broke into white-green ripples, | |
| And as she drew out her hand, | |
| The water-drops dripping from it | |
| Stained her rain-blue dress like tears. | 15 |
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