Love Tower
Prince Sung built Tsheng-leng tower
From which he might espy
Dame Sik of the smoke-like hair
And willow-waist go by.
From which he might espy
Dame Sik of the smoke-like hair
And willow-waist go by.
When the moon looks full at the sun
In the month that the asters flower
Prince Sung bade bring Dame Sik
Into the gay tiled tower.
In the month that the asters flower
Prince Sung bade bring Dame Sik
Into the gay tiled tower.
"Give thy handmaid leave to bathe,
And change her unworthy dress,
She will serve thee with napkin and comb
As befits thy, worshipfulness."
And change her unworthy dress,
She will serve thee with napkin and comb
As befits thy, worshipfulness."
She bathed and changed her robes
In a long slow Autumn hour.
Then smiled in the face of Prince Sung
And leapt from the top of the tower.
In a long slow Autumn hour.
Then smiled in the face of Prince Sung
And leapt from the top of the tower.