Living
A Spring-tide Carnival
Translated by William Jennings (1891) · From The Shi King (Jennings, 1891), Part I, Book vii
Living
When Tsin and Wai
Their floods expand,
Go men and maids
Marsh-flowers in hand.
And maids will ask,
And men reply,
"Hast looked around?"
"Ay, that have I!"
— " But shall we go look round
Beyond the Wai?
There, sure, is room, and there
We can be jolly!"
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Shi Jing (The Book of Songs). “A Spring-tide Carnival.” Translated by William Jennings. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/shi-jing/363/.
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Shi Jing (The Book of Songs). “A Spring-tide Carnival.” Translated by William Jennings. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/shi-jing/363/.
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