Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
StreetsAmy Lowell
From “Lacquer Prints”
Adapted from the poet Yakura Sanjin, 1769
Adapted from the poet Yakura Sanjin, 1769
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I saw nothing so beautiful
As the Women of the Green Houses,
With their girdles of spun gold,
And their long-sleeved dresses,
Colored like the graining of wood.
As they walk,
The hems of their outer garments flutter open,
And the blood-red linings glow like sharp-toothed maple leaves
In autumn.