THE ROSE OF REST
From the water-gate of Pekin, where the latticed lanterns glow,
Eastward to the Cherry Gardens in the heart of Tokio,
There is none who may outrank her, none who answers love’s behest,
None of all my seven daughters like the little Rose of Rest.
Her eyes are questing colors, matchless mirrors of delight,
The turquoise dawn of China and the duskiness of night.
Her lips are pouting poppies by love’s tender tempests blown,