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" Like spendthrift youths in spring's new fashions dressed,
Its bare thin branches burst in glorious flower.
Snow no more falls, but a bright rosy cloud
Tints hills and streams in one long sunset hour.

Through this red flood my dream-boat makes its way,
While flutes sound chill from many a maiden's bower.
Sure from no earthly stock this beauty came,
But trees immortal round the Fairy Tower. "

Cao Xueqin , The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 2: The Crab-Flower Club


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Cao Xueqin quote : Like spendthrift youths in spring's new fashions dressed,<br />Its bare thin branches burst in glorious flower.<br />Snow no more falls, but a bright rosy cloud<br />Tints hills and streams in one long sunset hour.<br /><br />Through this red flood my dream-boat makes its way,<br />While flutes sound chill from many a maiden's bower.<br />Sure from no earthly stock this beauty came,<br />But trees immortal round the Fairy Tower.