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七言絕句 張祜 集靈臺之二

虢國夫人承主恩, 平明騎馬入宮門。
卻嫌脂粉污顏色, 淡掃蛾眉朝至尊。

Seven-character-quatrain
Zhang Hu ON THE TERRACE OF ASSEMBLED ANGELS II

The Emperor has sent for Lady Guoguo.
In the morning, riding toward the palace-gate,
Disdainful of the paint that might have marred her beauty,
To meet him she smooths her two moth-tiny eyebrows.