The Jewel Stairs Grievance

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The Jewel Stairs Grievance by Ezra Pound

 The jewelled steps are already quite white with dew,
It is so late that the dew soaks my gauze stockings,
And I let down the crystal curtain
And watch the moon through the clear autumn.

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