His Majesty wrote with extraordinary tenderness and included this poem:

Dimly in a dream
I perceived the sleeves
Of another’s gown on yours.
Could this be but a dream!
I was astonished. What did he know, and how had he learned it? [1.5]

sad girl



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From The Confessions of Lady Nijō, translated by Karen Brazell - About this site