Living
Anticipation
Translated by Herbert A. Giles (1898) · From Chinese Poetry in English Verse (1898)
Living
If home, with the wild geese of autumn, we're going.
Our hearts will be off ere the spring flowers are blowing.
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MLA
Anonymous (Classical Chinese). “Anticipation.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-chinese-anonymous/9/.
Chicago
Anonymous (Classical Chinese). “Anticipation.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-chinese-anonymous/9/.
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