The charm of the Middle kingdom . ^.i>3?^1?^ camels back bridge. WALLED-IN HOMES AND STREET THE CHARM OF THE MIDDLE KINGDOM In Peking, not so far from the Western Hills,where the emperors used to play in the summertime, there is a camels-back bridge. Beneathare the iridescent lotus. And far beneath thelotus leaves, down deep where the light of thesun is unknown, reside the souls of princesseswho found not love but death. For here theycame in the stillness of the night when theTartar moon made shadows on the water,and here they wept and donned white silksand let themselves fall gently beneat
The charm of the Middle kingdom . ^.i>3?^1?^ camels back bridge. WALLED-IN HOMES AND STREET THE CHARM OF THE MIDDLE KINGDOM In Peking, not so far from the Western Hills,where the emperors used to play in the summertime, there is a camels-back bridge. Beneathare the iridescent lotus. And far beneath thelotus leaves, down deep where the light of thesun is unknown, reside the souls of princesseswho found not love but death. For here theycame in the stillness of the night when theTartar moon made shadows on the water,and here they wept and donned white silksand let themselves fall gently beneath theshimmering surface. The crowd surged and I felt myself beingborne irresistibly along. There was a blare oftrumpets and people scattered out of thethoroughfare like autumn leaves caught upby a wintry wind. They seemed to swirlthemselves hither and thither as the mountedsoldiers came riding furiously by. These wereonly a prelude to the procession. By and by,down near the great drum tower, I coulddistinguish a cluster of floating banners, andwithin the banners
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