 | Rudyard Kipling's Verse |  |
ARTERIAL
(EARLY CHINESE)
I
Frost upon small rain—the ebony-lacquered avenueReflecting lamps as a pool shows goldfish.
The sight suddenly emptied out of the young man's eyes
Entering upon it sideways.
II
In youth, by hazard, I killed an old man.In age I maimed a little child.
Dead leaves under foot reproach not:
But the lop-sided cherry-branch—whenever the sun rises,
How black a shadow!
| Rudyard Kipling's Verse | |