Living
The Two Sons
Translated by William Jennings (1891) · From The Shi King (Jennings, 1891), Part I, Book iii
Living
Two youths there were, each took his boat,
That floated, mirrored in the stream; —
And O the fear for those two youths,
And O the anxiety extreme!
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Shi Jing (The Book of Songs). “The Two Sons.” Translated by William Jennings. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/shi-jing/332/.
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Shi Jing (The Book of Songs). “The Two Sons.” Translated by William Jennings. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/shi-jing/332/.
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