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Born in 701 / Died in 762 / China / Chinese

Poems by Li Po

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Resentment Near the Jade Stairs

... the breaking, glass-clear moon of autumn ...

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Looking For A Monk And Not Finding Him

... up a hill valley, finding there ...

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Visiting A Taoist On Tiatien Mountain

... non knows where he has gone, so sadly I rest, ...

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Parting at a Wine-shop in Nan-king

... And as each of them drains his cup, I say to him in parting, ...

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Through the YangZi Gorges

... Yet monkeys are still calling on both banks behind me ...

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To Tan-Ch'iu

... My friend is lodging high in the Eastern Range, ...

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To Tu Fu from Shantung

... like the Wen River, endlessly flowing ...

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Going Up Yoyang Tower

... the cloud, drinking wine as if the cups ...

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On Climbing in Nan-king to the Terrace of Phoenixes

... Phoenixes that play here once, so that the place was named for them, ...

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To My Wife on Lu-shan Mountain

... You must be near her place in those blue hills ...

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Yearning

... This song tells secrets that no one knows ...

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‘We Fought for - South of the Walls

... Died for - North of the Ramparts’(to an old tune) ...

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Lament for Mr Tai

... Who can there be to bring you custom ...

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Thoughts On A Still Night

... I raise my head and look at the bright moon, ...

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The Exile’s Letter

...  And Hu the True-Taoist drew us with his pipe playing, ...