Literature
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Lament of the Frontier Guard by Li Bai
By the North Gate, the wind blows full of sand,Lonely from the beginning of time until now!Trees rail, the grass…
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Leaving White King City by Li Bai
White King City I left at dawnin the morning-glow of the clouds;The thousand miles to Chiang-lingwe sailed in a single…
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Lines For A Taoist Adept by Li Bai
My friend lives high on East Mountain.His nature is to love the hills and gorges.In green spring he sleeps in…
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Listening to a Flute in Yellow Crane Pavillion by Li Bai
I came here a wandererthinking of home,remembering my far away Ch’ang-an.And then, from deep in Yellow Crane Pavillion,I heard a…
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Long Yearning (Sent Far) by Li Bai
When the beautiful woman was here, the hall was filled with flowers,Now the beautiful woman’s gone, the bed is lying…
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Looking For A Monk And Not Finding Him by Li Bai
I took a small path leadingup a hill valley, finding therea temple, its gate coveredwith moss, and in front ofthe…
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Lu Mountain, Kiangsi by Li Bai
I climbed west on Incense Cloud Peak.South I saw the spray-filled fallsDropping for ten thousand feetSounding in a hundred gorges,Suddenly…
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Marble Stairs Grievance by Li Bai
On Marble Stairsstill grows the white dewThat has all nightsoaked her silk slippers, But she lets downher crystal blind nowAnd…
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Moon over Mountain Pass by Li Bai
A bright moon rising above Tian Shan Mountain,Lost in a vast ocean of clouds.The long wind, across thousands upon thousands…
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Mountain Drinking Song by Li Bai
To drown the ancient sorrows,we drank a hundred jugs of winethere in the beautiful night.We couldn’t go to bed with…
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