Social Commentaries
Whigs and Tories
Translated by Herbert A. Giles (1898) · From Chinese Poetry in English Verse (1898)
Social Commentaries
Thickly o'er the jasper terrace flower shadows play;
In vain I call my garden boy to sweep them all away.
They vanish when the sun sets in the west, but very soon
They spring to giddy life again beneath the rising moon!
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Tung-p’o, Su. “Whigs and Tories.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/su-tung-po/2/.
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Tung-p’o, Su. “Whigs and Tories.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/su-tung-po/2/.
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