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Thoughts of Old Time from a Night-Mooring under Mount Niu-chu
Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu (1929) · From The Jade Mountain (1929)
This night to the west of the river-brim
There is not one cloud in the whole blue sky,
As I watch from my deck the autumn moon,
Vainly remembering old General Hsieh. . . .
I have poems; I can read;
He heard others, but not mine.
. . . Tomorrow I shall hoist my sail,
With fallen maple-leaves behind me.
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MLA
Po, Li. “Thoughts of Old Time from a Night-Mooring under Mount Niu-chu.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/li-po/153/.
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Po, Li. “Thoughts of Old Time from a Night-Mooring under Mount Niu-chu.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/li-po/153/.
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