Social Commentaries
On Highwaymen
Translated by Herbert A. Giles (1898) · From Chinese Poetry in English Verse (1898)
Social Commentaries
The rainy mist sweeps gently o'er the village by the stream,
When from the leafy forest glades the brigand daggers gleam
And yet there is no need to fear or step from out their way,
For more than half the world consists of bigger rogues than they!
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She, Li. “On Highwaymen.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/li-she/1/.
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She, Li. “On Highwaymen.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/li-she/1/.
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