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er and her son; I pray!〃

〃And who may you be to die for a prince?〃 said Li Ru。

Then he presented the cup to the Empress once more and bade her drink。

She railed against her brother; the feckless He Jin; the author of all this trouble。 She would not drink。

Next Li Ru approached the Emperor。

〃Let me say farewell to my mother;〃 begged he; and he did so in these lines:

〃The heaven and earth are changed;

Alas! the sun and the moon leave their courses;

I; once the center of all eyes; am driven to the farthest confines;

Oppressed by an arrogant minister my life nears its end;

Everything fails me and vain are my falling tears。〃

Lady Tang sang:

〃Heaven is to be rent asunder; Earth to fall away;

I; handmaid of an emperor; would grieve if I followed him not。

We have e to the parting of ways; the quick and the dead walk not together;

Alas! I am left alone with the grief in my heart。〃

When they had sung these lines; they fell weeping into each others' arms。

〃The Prime Mini