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A Parting Gift to Wang Lun
Translated by Florence Ayscough and Amy Lowell (1921) · From Fir-Flower Tablets (1921)
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Li Po gets into a small boat--he is on the point of starting.
Suddenly he hears footsteps on the bank and the sound of singing.
The Peach-Flower Pool is a thousand feet deep,
Yet it is not greater than the emotion of Wang Lun as he takes leave of me.
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Po, Li. “A Parting Gift to Wang Lun.” Translated by Florence Ayscough and Amy Lowell. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/li-po/129/.
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Po, Li. “A Parting Gift to Wang Lun.” Translated by Florence Ayscough and Amy Lowell. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/li-po/129/.
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