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Born in 701 / Died in 762 / China / Chinese

Poems by Li Po

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Spring Night in Lo-yang Hearing a Flute

... In what house, the jade flute that sends these dark notes drifting, ...

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The Cold Clear Spring At Nanyang

... lighting up its ripples, making it ...

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For Meng Hao-Jan

... Now, a white-haired elder, he reclines ...

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Bathed and Washed

... By Bluewater an old angler sat: ...

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On Kusu Terrace

... that remain still put out new branches ...

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Old Poem

...  Or the butterfly dream he was Chuang Chou ...

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Lu Mountain, Kiangsi

...  Scattering stars through the clouds, downwards ...

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Chuang Tzu And The Butterfly

... The man, raising melons outside the green gate of the city, ...

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Taking leave of a friend

... Oh, the floating clouds and the thoughts of a wanderer! ...

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Amusing Myself

... Falling blossoms have filled the folds of my clothes ...

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The River-Captain’s Wife – A Letter

...   Through White King’s Gorge, by Yen Rock’s rapids, ...

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Changgan Memories

... You should not risk the dangerous floods of May, ...

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Wine

...  The stream’s white moon, ...

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Question And Answer On The Mountain

... I smile and make no reply for my heart is free of care ...

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Alone And Drinking Under The Moon

... then I sigh for the moon cannot drink, ...