History & Politics
Regrets
Translated by Herbert A. Giles (1898) · From Chinese Poetry in English Verse (1898)
History & Politics
My eyes saw not the men of old;
And now their age away has rolled
I weep — to think I shall not see
The heroes of posterity!
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MLA
Tzŭ-ang, Ch’ēn. “Regrets.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/chen-tzu-ang/2/.
Chicago
Tzŭ-ang, Ch’ēn. “Regrets.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/chen-tzu-ang/2/.
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