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Born in 701 / Died in 762 / China / Chinese

Poems by Li Po

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The Jewel Stairs’ Grievance

... It is so late that the dew soaks my gauze stockings, ...

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Zazen on Ching-t’ing Mountain

... We sit together, the mountain and me, ...

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The Solitude of Night

... The blown flowers fell and filled my lap ...

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A Song Of Changgan

... ...Oh, at last, when you return through the three Pa districts, ...

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Midnight Song of Wu

... The sound of pounding clothes in ten thousand households ...

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Remembering the Springs at Ch’ih-chou

... How many tight-coiled scrolls of bracken, ...

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Lines For A Taoist Adept

...  In green spring he sleeps in empty woodland, ...

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Ho Chih-chang

...  Remembering, the tears run down my cheeks ...

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The Moon At The Fortified Pass

... While Tartar troops peer across blue waters of the bay ...

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Ballads Of Four Seasons: Winter

... When will it reach the town where warriors stay ...

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Lament of the Frontier Guard (Translated by Ezra Pound)

...       --Written by Li Po, translated into English by Ezra Pound ...

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Viewing Heaven's Gate Mountains

... On either bank the blue hills face towards each other, ...

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Talk in the Mountains

... Here is a heaven and earth, beyond the world of men ...

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Visiting The Taoist Priest Dai Tianshan But Not Finding Him

... Peach blossom that's made thicker by the rain ...

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Laolao Ting Pavilion

... The spring wind knows how bitter it is to part, ...