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Music Hath Charms
Translated by Herbert A. Giles (1898) · From Chinese Poetry in English Verse (1898)
Arts & Sciences
Hark to the rapturous melody!
Her white arm o'er the lute she flings
To break her lover's reverie
She strikes a discord on the strings.
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Tuan, Li. “Music Hath Charms.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/li-tuan/0/.
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Tuan, Li. “Music Hath Charms.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/li-tuan/0/.
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