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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SCHOLAR RECRUIT, by PAO CHAO
First Line: Now / late I follow time's necessity
Last Line: What will become of me before it's all over?
Alternate Author Name(s): Ming-yuan; Bao Zhao
Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Soldiers
First Line: Now / late I follow time's necessity
Last Line: What will become of me before it's all over?
Alternate Author Name(s): Ming-yuan; Bao Zhao
Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Soldiers
Now late
I follow Time's Necessity:
Mounting a barricade I pacify remote tribes.
Discarding my sash I don a coat of rhinoceros-skin:
Rolling up my skirts I shoulder a black bow.
Even at the very start my strength fails:
What will become of me before it's all over?
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