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Tu Fu
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(712-770)
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Alone, Looking for Blossoms Along the River
The sorrow of riverside blossoms inexplicable,
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Ballad of the Army Carts
The carts squeak and trundle, the horses whinny, the conscripts go by, each
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Ballad of the Old Cypress
In front of the temple of Chu-ko Liang there is an old cypress. Its branches
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By the Lake
The old fellow from Shao-ling weeps with stifled sobs as he walks furtively by the bends of the Sepentine on a day in spring. In
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Day's End
Oxen and sheep were brought back down
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Dreaming of Li Po
After the separation of death one can eventually swallow back one's grief, but
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Full Moon
Above the tower -- a lone, twice-sized moon.
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Gazing at the Sacred Peak
For all this, what is the mountain god like?
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Moonlit Night
Tonight at Fu-chou, this moon she watches
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Morning Rain
A slight rain comes, bathed in dawn light.
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On a Prospect of T'ai-shan
How is one to describe this king of mountains? Throught the whole of Ch'i and
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On Seeing a Pupil of Kung-sun Dance the Chien-ch`i
On the nineteenth day of the tenth month of the second year of Ta-li (15 November 767), in the residence of
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Overnight at the Riverside Tower
Evening colors linger on mountain paths.
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Rain
Roads not yet glistening, rain slight,
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Restless Night
As bamboo chill drifts into the bedroom,
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Spring Night in the Imperial Chancellery
Evening falls on palace walls shaded by flowering trees, with cry of birds
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Thoughts of Li Po from the World's End
Here at the world's end the cold winds are beginning to blow. What messages
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Thoughts of Li Po from the World's End
Here at the world's end the cold winds are beginning to blow. What messages
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To the Recluse, Wei Pa
Often in this life of ours we resemble, in our failure to meet, the Shen and
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