Living
True Pleasures
Translated by Herbert A. Giles (1898) · From Chinese Poetry in English Verse (1898)
Living
The bright moon shining overhead,
The stream beneath the breeze's touch,
Are pure and perfect joys indeed, —
But few are they who think them such.
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Anonymous (Classical Chinese). “True Pleasures.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-chinese-anonymous/8/.
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Anonymous (Classical Chinese). “True Pleasures.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-chinese-anonymous/8/.
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