We have come far together, but here we must part;
the green hills vainly echo my feelings.
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I was stubborn by nature and addicted to perfect lines,
fought to the death to find words that startle.
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You, General Cao Ba,
descendant of Cao Cao,
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Matchless in breeding and beauty,
a fine lady has taken refuge
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The city has fallen: only the hills and rivers remain.
In Spring the streets were green with grass and trees.
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The sorrow of riverside blossoms inexplicable,
And nowhere to complain — I've gone half crazy.
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Wagons rattling and banging,
horses neighing and snorting,
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In front of the temple of Chu-ko Liang there is an old cypress. Its branches
are like green bronze; its roots like rocks; around its
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One evening I found lodging in a village where
A press-gang stole by night to seize my aging host,
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zhu men jiu rou chou
lu you dong si gu
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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 the
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Oxen and sheep were brought back down
Long ago, and bramble gates closed. Over
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Separation by death must finally be choked down,
but separation in life is a long anguish,
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Clouds drifting the whole day;
a traveler traveling who never arrives.
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Jade frost bites the maple trees
and Wu Mountain and Wu Gorge breathe out dark fear
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Above the tower -- a lone, twice-sized moon.
On the cold river passing night-filled homes,
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How to describe Tai mountain?
Its green towers above all of Chi and Lu!
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A falcon hovers at the edge of the sky.
Two gulls drift slowly up the river.
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Alone, the wild goose refuses food and drink,
his calls searching for the flock.
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At the home of the Prince of Qi
I have often seen you,
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Tonight my wife must watch alone
the full moon over Fu-zhou;
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A slight rain comes, bathed in dawn light.
I hear it among treetop leaves before mist
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Li Bai, no sight of you for a long time,
It's tragic that you pretend to be insane.
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How is one to describe this king of mountains? Throught the whole of Ch'i and Lu one never loses sight of its greenness. In it the Cr
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I often saw you at the palace of the prince,
And twice at Cui’s I heard you sing for hours.
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On the nineteenth day of the tenth month of the second year of Ta-li (15 November 767), in the residence of Yuan Ch`ih, Lieutenant-Gover
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Evening colors linger on mountain paths. Out beyond this study perched over River Gate,
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Clear autumn at headquarters,
wu-tung trees cold beside the well;
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Often a man's life is such
that he seldom sees his friends,
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I remember fleeing the rebels
through dangerous northern canyons,
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