The River Merchant's Wife: A Letter

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The River Merchant's Wife: A Letter | Text of the Poem

While my hair was still cut straight across my
     forehead
I played about the front gate, pulling flowers. 
You came by on bamboo stilts, playing horse, 
You walked about my seat, playing with blue
     plums.
And we went on living in the village of Chokan:                     5
Two small people, without dislike or suspicion.

At fourteen I married My Lord you.
I never laughed, being bashful.
Lowering my head, I looked at the wall.
Called to, a thousand times, I never looked back.                10

At fifteen I stopped scowling,
I desired my dust to be mingled with...

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