Nature
At Nan-king Ferry
Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu (1929) · From The Jade Mountain (1929)
Nature
This one-story inn at Nan-king ferry
Is a miserable lodging-place for the night —
But across the dead moon’s ebbing tide,
Lights from Kua-chou beckon on the river.
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MLA
Hu, Chang. “At Nan-king Ferry.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/chang-hu/3/.
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Hu, Chang. “At Nan-king Ferry.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/chang-hu/3/.
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