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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FLOOD, by T'AO CH'IEN Poet's Biography
First Line: The lingering clouds, rolling, rolling
Last Line: But neither boat nor carriage comes.
Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian
Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Floods
First Line: The lingering clouds, rolling, rolling
Last Line: But neither boat nor carriage comes.
Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian
Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Floods
THE lingering clouds, rolling, rolling,
And the settled rain, dripping, dripping,
In the Eight Directions -- the same dusk.
The level lands -- one great river.
Wine I have, wine I have:
Idly I drink at the eastern window.
Longingly -- I think of my friends,
But neither boat nor carriage comes.
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