On the conception of ‘love, having once met, but no longer’ for the Poetry Match held at the Poetry Office.

ゆめかとよみし面影もちぎりしもわすれずながらうつつならねば

yume ka to yo mishi omokage mo chigiri shi mo wasurezu nagara utsutsu naraneba

Was it a dream? Or not? That face I saw, and His promises, too, I cannot forget, Though real they were not…

The Daughter of Toshinari, Assistant Master of the Dowager Empress Household Office