English poem
Stranger Things Have Happened
by Edward Powys Mathers (1892–1939)
Do not believe that ink is always black, Or lime white, or lemon sour; You cannot ring one bell from two pagodas, You cannot have two governors for the city of Lang Son. I found you binding an orange spray Of flowers with white flowers; I never noticed the flower gathering Of other village ladies. Would you like me to go and see your father and mother? Song of Annam.