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ON THE WAY TO HANGCHOW: ANCHORED ON THE RIVER AT NIGHT, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Little sleeping and much grieving, - the traveller
Last Line: And still we have not reached hang-chow!
Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi
Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Travel; Journeys; Trips


LITTLE sleeping and much grieving, -- the traveller
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 waves,
And still we have not reached Hang-chow!





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