History & Politics
A Reason Fair
Translated by Herbert A. Giles (1898) · From Chinese Poetry in English Verse (1898)
History & Politics
'Tis night: the grape-juice mantles high in cups of gold galore;
We set to drink, — but now the bugle sounds to horse once more.
Oh marvel not if drunken we lie strewed about the plain;
How few of all who seek the fight shall e'er come back again!
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Han, Wang. “A Reason Fair.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wang-han/0/.
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Han, Wang. “A Reason Fair.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wang-han/0/.
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