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七言絕句 李商隱 隋宮

乘興南遊不戒嚴, 九重誰省諫書函。
春風舉國裁宮錦, 半作障泥半作帆。

Seven-character-quatrain
Li Shangyin THE SUI PALACE

When gaily the Emperor toured the south
Contrary to every warning,
His whole empire cut brocades,
Half for wheel-guards, half for sails.