The Cushion

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Title:     The Cushion
Author: Edward Powys Mathers [More Titles by Mathers]

Your arm should only be
A spring night's dream;
If I accepted it to rest my head upon
There would be rumours
And no delight.

From the Japanese of the daughter of Taira-no Tsu-gu-naka.

[Note: THE CUSHION: the poetess, daughter of Tsu-gu-naka, lord of Su-Wo, while at a party, asked for a cushion. A certain Iye-tada offered his arm for her to lean her head against, and she answered with these lines.]

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Edward Powys Mathers's poem: Cushion

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