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Thoughts in a Tranquil Night
Translated by L. Cranmer-Byng (1909) · From A Lute of Jade (1909)
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Athwart the bed
I watch the moonbeams cast a trail
So bright, so cold, so frail,
That for a space it gleams
Like hoar-frost on the margin of my dreams.
I raise my head, --
The splendid moon I see:
Then droop my head,
And sink to dreams of thee --
My Fatherland, of thee!
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Po, Li. “Thoughts in a Tranquil Night.” Translated by L. Cranmer-Byng. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/li-po/12/.
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Po, Li. “Thoughts in a Tranquil Night.” Translated by L. Cranmer-Byng. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/li-po/12/.
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