Nature
Spring Joys
Translated by Herbert A. Giles (1898) · From Chinese Poetry in English Verse (1898)
Nature
When freshets cease in early spring and the river dwindles low,
I take my staff and wander by the banks where wild flowers grow.
I watch the willow-catkins wildly whirled on every side;
I watch the falling peach-bloom lightly floating down the tide.
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Ying-wu, Wei. “Spring Joys.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wei-ying-wu/0/.
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Ying-wu, Wei. “Spring Joys.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wei-ying-wu/0/.
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