Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE COLOR OF LIFE, by SSU-K'UNG T'U


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THE COLOR OF LIFE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Would that we might for ever stay
Last Line: Alas! What hope for such a life?
Alternate Author Name(s): Piao-sheng
Subject(s): Life


Would that we might for ever stay
The rainbow glories of the world,
The blue of the unfathomed sea,
The rare azalea late unfurled,
The parrot of a greener spring,
The willows and the terrace line,
The stranger from the night-steeped hills,
The roselit brimming cup of wine.
Oh for a life that stretched afar,
Where no dead dust of books were rife,
Where spring sang clear from star to star;
Alas! what hope for such a life?








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