Living
Chance
Translated by Herbert A. Giles (1898) · From Chinese Poetry in English Verse (1898)
Living
You may set with all care, but the flow 'ret will fade,
While the chance-planted willow-twig grows into shade.
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MLA
Anonymous (Classical Chinese). “Chance.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-chinese-anonymous/17/.
Chicago
Anonymous (Classical Chinese). “Chance.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-chinese-anonymous/17/.
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