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By DOROTHY A N N E F E Y H E R N , Xi Pledge

You creature who beckons with tantalizing fingers,
Leading men to glory ivhere-in you lie
Through despair, discouragement, your name lingers
Then slowly you appear after they die!

The J^ament of Tai J^ung

By -SALLY S U E A L L E N , Upsilon

Daughter of a pale lotus blossom,
Blue smoke curls around you;
And the scarlet of your lips is agonizing.
Your little feet

In golden slippers with flaming heels
Dance upon my heart
As I sit in this garden.
And your eyes mock me
From the cool jade of the temple.

You once were here
In this garden;
With the perfume of your mother lotus
hi your hair.
The dusky night hid you,
But your face, ivilh its scarlet mouth
Glimmered through the shadow;
And blossoms of peach and chrysanthemum
Mingled with the scent of the garden.

But now you are gone, heels
Daughter of moon and the lotus;
And silver bells
In the jade temple
Call, and the garden holds me.
For blue smoke curls around you,
And your little feet .
In golden slippers with their scarlet
Still dance upon my heart.

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