Tag Archives: sea
To the City of Nan-king - 登金陵凤凰台
Thou that hast seen six kingdoms pass away,
Accept my song and these three cups I drain!
There may be fairer gardens light the plain;
Thine are the dim blue hills more fair than they.
Here Kings of Wu were crowned and overthrown,
Where peaceful grass along the ruin wins;
Here — was it yesterday? — the royal Tsins
Called down the [...]
The Chariots Go Forth to War - 兵车行
Chariots rumble and roll: horses whinny and neigh.
footmen at their girdle bows and arrows display.
Fathers, mothers, wives, and children by them go -
‘Tis not the choking dust alone that strangles what they say!
Their clothes they clutch; their feet they stamp; their crush blocks up the way.
The sounds of weeping mount above the clouds that gloom [...]
On the Way to Hang-chow: Anchored on the River at Night - 夜泊旅望
Little sleeping and much grieving – the traveler
Rises at midnight and looks back towards home.
The sands are bright with moonlight that joins the shores;
The sail is white with dew that has covered the boat.
Nearing the sea, the river grows broader and broader
Approaching autumn, the nights longer and longer.
Thirty times we have slept amid mists and [...]
The Inlaid Harp - 锦瑟