(acrostic)
A not-so-special summer day, in a year not long ago,
Lived seven girls, newly born -
their names we soon shall know.
Lovely and robust, these suckling babes
one thing in common had;
Received each a gift of jewel'd pin,
securely fastened to its pad.
Each birth took place at moment same
......
I dwelt once in a dreamy town, my land was alongside the border,
In a region of natural beauty, next to a crystalline body of water.
From the jade hills of my land, I could clearly see the other side,
Like black midnight sees the stars, when they've no place to hide.
I'd gaze at the beautiful dwellings, in styles quite unlike our own,
And at unalike styles of dress, in the foreign world near my home.
I would often sit and I'd wonder, about the people who lived there,
......
(acrostic)
A not-so-special summer day, in a year not long ago,
Lived seven girls, newly born -
their names we soon shall know.
Lovely and robust, these suckling babes
one thing in common had;
Received each a gift of jewel'd pin,
securely fastened to its pad.
Each birth took place at moment same
......
I dwelt once in a dreamy town, my land was alongside the border,
In a region of natural beauty, next to a crystalline body of water.
From the jade hills of my land, I could clearly see the other side,
Like black midnight sees the stars, when they've no place to hide.
I'd gaze at the beautiful dwellings, in styles quite unlike our own,
And at unalike styles of dress, in the foreign world near my home.
I would often sit and I'd wonder, about the people who lived there,
......