History & Politics
At the Wars
Translated by Herbert A. Giles (1898) · From Chinese Poetry in English Verse (1898)
History & Politics
See the young wife whose bosom ne'er has ached with cruel pain! —
In gay array she mounts the tower when spring comes round again.
Sudden she sees the willow-trees their newest green put on,
And sighs for her husband far away in search of glory gone.
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Ch’ang-ling, Wang. “At the Wars.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wang-chang-ling/2/.
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Ch’ang-ling, Wang. “At the Wars.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wang-chang-ling/2/.
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