The Jade Mountain/Thoughts of Old Time on the Ch'u River
THOUGHTS OF OLD TIME ON THE CHU RIVER
A cold light shines on the gathering dew,As sunset fades beyond the southern mountains;Trees echo with monkeys on the banks of Lake Tung-t'ing,Where somebody is moving in an orchid-wood boat.Marsh-lands are swollen wide with the moon,While torrents are bent to the mountains' will;And the vanished Queens of the Clouds leave meSad with autumn all night long.
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