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A Farewell
Translated by Herbert A. Giles (1898) · From Chinese Poetry in English Verse (1898)
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Where blue hills cross the northern sky,
Beyond the moat which girds the town,
'Twas there we stopped to say Goodbye!
And one white sail alone dropped down.
Your heart was full of wandering thought;
For me, — my sun had set indeed;
To wave a last adieu we sought,
Voiced for us by each whinnying steed!
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Po, Li. “A Farewell.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/li-po/28/.
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Po, Li. “A Farewell.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/li-po/28/.
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