Potential Titles: Lotus
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Wrap the song in the leaves of the lotus- Lewis Grandison Alexander "Japanese Hokku"
Poppy flowers, with leaves of lotus blended - Auguste Angellier "The Garland of Sleep" transl. by Henry van Dyke
Set upon the scented Lotus flower - Charles Baudelaire "The Voyage" transl. not credited
Water-chestnut and lotus for a coat - "The Ch'u Tz'u: Encountering Sorrow" transl. by Burton Watson
A water chariot with lotus canopy - "The Ch'u Tz'u: Lord of the River" transl. by Burton Watson
Like a lotus in perfumed repose - Arthur Colton "West-Easterly Moralities"
Gold and glamour of Life's lotus - Aleister Crowley "Tannhauser"
The lotus of the dawn is white - Zona Gale "Exercise in Spenserians"
You said let's love like the lotus - Kimberly Grey "Reverie"
Of islands where the lotus grows - Tom Hall "One Wish"
For them no lotus petals blow - Sadakichi Hartmann "My Rubaiyat XXXI"
Give not to them the lotus leaf - Fenton Johnson "Harlem: The Black City"
Enthroned upon the lotus flower - Kalidasa "The Birth of the War-God: Canto Seventh: Uma's Bridal" transl. by Ralph T.H. Griffith
Offer you a dowry of plucked lotus - Vandana Khanna "Parvati Tires of Waiting"
Taking us deep into lotus blossoms - Li Ch'ing-chao "[Always I recall the river arbor]" transl. by Burton Watson
Laughing across the lotus-flowers - Li Po "On the Banks of Jo-yeh" transl. by Arthur Waley
Lotus flowers made skirts for her - Li Shang-yin "[At eight stealing a mirror glance]" transl. by Burton Watson
Lotus blossoms reach out and unfurl - P'an Yueh "Rhyme-Prose on the Idle Life" transl. by Burton Watson
One lotus night tinged blue with deja vu - Ann K. Schwader "Why We Left"
Lotus shining pink on the water - Su Tung-p'o "[Mountains shine through forest breaks]" transl. by Burton Watson
Bumblebees buzzing inside a lotus - Surdas "Sur's Ocean 16: Krishna Growing Up" transl. by John Stratton Hawley
Surpass by far the orbit of autumn lotuses - Surdas "Sur's Ocean 53: The Pangs and Politics of Love" transl. by John Stratton Hawley
The eye is a frozen lotus pond - Zheng Min "Death of a Poet #17" translator not credited. Source: https://projects.zo.uni-heidelberg.de/archive2/DACHS_Leiden/poetry/MD/Zheng_Min_trans.pdf
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Poppy flowers, with leaves of lotus blended - Auguste Angellier "The Garland of Sleep" transl. by Henry van Dyke
Set upon the scented Lotus flower - Charles Baudelaire "The Voyage" transl. not credited
Water-chestnut and lotus for a coat - "The Ch'u Tz'u: Encountering Sorrow" transl. by Burton Watson
A water chariot with lotus canopy - "The Ch'u Tz'u: Lord of the River" transl. by Burton Watson
Like a lotus in perfumed repose - Arthur Colton "West-Easterly Moralities"
Gold and glamour of Life's lotus - Aleister Crowley "Tannhauser"
The lotus of the dawn is white - Zona Gale "Exercise in Spenserians"
You said let's love like the lotus - Kimberly Grey "Reverie"
Of islands where the lotus grows - Tom Hall "One Wish"
For them no lotus petals blow - Sadakichi Hartmann "My Rubaiyat XXXI"
Give not to them the lotus leaf - Fenton Johnson "Harlem: The Black City"
Enthroned upon the lotus flower - Kalidasa "The Birth of the War-God: Canto Seventh: Uma's Bridal" transl. by Ralph T.H. Griffith
Offer you a dowry of plucked lotus - Vandana Khanna "Parvati Tires of Waiting"
Taking us deep into lotus blossoms - Li Ch'ing-chao "[Always I recall the river arbor]" transl. by Burton Watson
Laughing across the lotus-flowers - Li Po "On the Banks of Jo-yeh" transl. by Arthur Waley
Lotus flowers made skirts for her - Li Shang-yin "[At eight stealing a mirror glance]" transl. by Burton Watson
Lotus blossoms reach out and unfurl - P'an Yueh "Rhyme-Prose on the Idle Life" transl. by Burton Watson
One lotus night tinged blue with deja vu - Ann K. Schwader "Why We Left"
Lotus shining pink on the water - Su Tung-p'o "[Mountains shine through forest breaks]" transl. by Burton Watson
Bumblebees buzzing inside a lotus - Surdas "Sur's Ocean 16: Krishna Growing Up" transl. by John Stratton Hawley
Surpass by far the orbit of autumn lotuses - Surdas "Sur's Ocean 53: The Pangs and Politics of Love" transl. by John Stratton Hawley
The eye is a frozen lotus pond - Zheng Min "Death of a Poet #17" translator not credited. Source: https://projects.zo.uni-heidelberg.de/archive2/DACHS_Leiden/poetry/MD/Zheng_Min_trans.pdf
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