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Thu 10 Feb, 2011 07:14 am
Context:
A prince am I of ancestry renowned,
Illustrious name my royal sire has found.
When Sirius did in spring its light display,
A child was born, and Tiger marked the day.
When first upon my face my lord's eye glanced,
For me auspicious names he straight advanced,
Denoting that in me Heaven's marks divine
Should with the virtues of the earth combine.
With lavished innate qualities indued,
By art and skill my talents I renewed;
Angelic herbs and sweet selineas too,
And orchids late that by the water grew,
I wove for ornament; till creeping Time,
Like water flowing, stole away my prime.
@oristarA,
Selineas has several meanings :
1) it is a girls name still used today in spanish and greek
2) It is a flower
3) it is the name of a girl in Greek mythology
@oristarA,
Selineae is the Angelica or Arracacia clade or tribe of the family Apiaceae
@contrex,
contrex wrote:
Selineae is the Angelica or Arracacia clade or tribe of the family Apiaceae
Thank you Contrex.
Where did you find this Chinese-English version?
Would you mind to post the link here?
@oristarA,
I searched Google for "Selinea flowers" and among the results I found:
Google Books:
The poetics of decadence: Chinese poetry of the Southern dynasties and late Tang periods - by Fusheng Wu, SUNY (State University of New York) Press, 1998
http://books.google.com/books?id=6KkAtpUaBU0C&lpg=PA51&ots=k1--0Eq-qQ&dq=Selinea%20flowers&pg=PA51#v=onepage&q=Selinea%20flowers&f=false
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