Time & Brevity

Musing

by Hsieh Jung 9th century AD

Translated by Herbert A. Giles (1898) · From Chinese Poetry in English Verse (1898)

Time & Brevity

At eve, along the river bank,
The mist-crowned wavelets lure me on
To think how all antiquity
Has floated down the stream and gone!

Cite this poem

MLA

Jung, Hsieh. “Musing.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/hsieh-jung/0/.

Chicago

Jung, Hsieh. “Musing.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/hsieh-jung/0/.