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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: MIDDLE AGES Matches Found: 186 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A GENTLE WIND, by FU HSUAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A gentle wind fans the calm night Last Line: To me they seem no more than weeds or chaff. Alternate Author Name(s): Hsiu-i; Fu Xuan Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Wind ANONYMOUS OLD POEM, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: At fifteen I went with the armies Last Line: Then I went out the gate and gazed east, %and the tears fell, soaking my robes Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Homecoming ANONYMOUS OLD POEM (1), by SU WU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: When I bound my hair and became your wife Last Line: If you die, I will think of you forever Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Farewell ANONYMOUS OLD POEM (2), by SU WU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Flesh and blood join as branch to leaf Last Line: I want you to stay and pour it out, %solace of a lifetime's closeness Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Farewell BALLAD OF MU-LAN, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Tsk, tsk, and tsk, tsk Last Line: But when two hares run side by side, %who can tell if I'm a boy or girl? Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fathers And Daughters; Soldiers BALLAD OF THE WESTERN ISLAND IN THE NORTH COUNTRY, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Seeing the plum-tree I thought of the western island Last Line: It would blow my dreams till they got to the western island Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) BALLAD OF THE YONG-JIA, by ZHANG JI Poem Source First Line: Then the blond-headed xian-pi Last Line: And to this day the southerners %speak the idiom of jin Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); China - Southern Dynasties BEARER'S SONG, by MIU HSI Poem Text First Line: When I was alive, I wandered in the streets of the capital Last Line: And none born can escape this thing. Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Death; Dead, The BEGGING, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Famine came, it drove me off Last Line: So much within me, I know not how to thank you, %I must pay you back from the world beyond Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): Begging And Beggars; China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Famine BIOGRAPHY OF MASTER FIVE WILLOWS, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: We don't know what age the master lived in, and we aren't certain of his Last Line: The age of lord no-cares? Was he a person of the age of ge-tian? 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.); Self BITTER COLD, by CAO CAO Poem Source First Line: Northward we climbed the tai-hang range Last Line: Sad is that poem 'eastern mountains': %it makes my heart always grieve Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Grief; Travel BLAMING SONS (AN APOLOGY FOR HIS OWN DRUNKENNESS), by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: White hair covers my temples Last Line: What can I do but fill my cup? Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Sons BREAKING THE BRANCHES OF WILLOWS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: A date tree grows before my gate Last Line: And this year again there's no good news Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Marriage CALLING TO THE RECLUSE, by LU JI Poem Source First Line: At daybreak I feel uneasy at my heart Last Line: If honor and wealth are hard to devise, %let me unhitch my team and do what I will Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Country Life CALLING TO THE RECLUSE: 1, by ZUO SI Poem Source First Line: I leaned on my staff and called to the recluse Last Line: As I pace here, pausing, my feet grow weary - %I would cast down the pins of my officer's cap Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Country Life CH'IN CHIA'S WIFE'S REPLY, by MRS. CH'IN CHIA Poem Text First Line: My poor body is alas unworthy Last Line: The tears fall down and wet my skirt. Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Marriage; Sickness; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Illness CHAMBER THOUGHTS: 3, by XU GAN Poem Source First Line: Clouds go drifting in billowing floods Last Line: Like flowing waters I long for you - %there is never a time that they end Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Clouds; Longing; Mirrors CHANG-AN HAS NARROW ALLEYS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source Last Line: Be still, my lord, and listen awhile, %for the play of the strings is not done yet Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) CHATEAU PAPINEAU, by SUSAN FRANCES HARRISON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The red-tiled towers of the old chateau Last Line: The shaded walks -- the shadowy hall. Alternate Author Name(s): Seranus; Frances, Susan Subject(s): Houses; Middle Ages; Medieval History; Medieval Civilization; Medieval Literature CLASSIC OF POETRY: 104, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Cricket in the hall Last Line: Delight should not get out of hand, %the well-born man is steady Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fasts And Feasts CLASSIC OF POETRY: 105, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Hawthorn on the mountain Last Line: For when you wither up and die, %another man will take you home Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fasts And Feasts CLASSIC OF POETRY: 161, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Yoo, yoo cry the deer Last Line: Thus I have this fine wine, %to feast and delight my worthy guests' hearts Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fasts And Feasts; Guests CLIMBING A MOUNTAIN, by TAO YUN Poem Text First Line: High rises the eastern peak Last Line: Where springs and autumns unheeded pass. Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Mountain Climbing CLIMBING AN UPPER STORY BY THE POOL, by XIE LING-YUN Poem Source First Line: A dragon, submerged, enhances sequestered charms Last Line: Holding fast to standards is not only of old - %'being free from distress' is confirmed now Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) CLOCK IN THE TOWER OF THE CHURCH, by RANDALL JARRELL Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How patient man is in his time Last Line: Gesture, withdraw into damnation Subject(s): Middle Ages; Millenium; Second Advent COCKS CROW, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Cocks crow in the treetops Last Line: A tree will offer itself for another, %but brother forgets brother Subject(s): Brothers And Sisters; China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Trees COMPANION PIECE FOR GRAND MASTER YAN'S 'NEWLY CLEARED SKIES', by YU HSIN Poem Source First Line: Vapors over water consume evening's light Last Line: If only the mind could take all things as equal - %why feel distress that things are not equal at al Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) COMPANION PIECE FOR XIE JING'S 'TERRACE OF THE BROWN SPARROW', by HSIEH T'IAO Poem Source First Line: Lace curtains flap on the open frame Last Line: Desolate still is his throne of jade, %even more, our bodies of such small worth Alternate Author Name(s): Hsuan-hui; Xie Tiao Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Grief CONFUCIUS, ANALECTS XI.26, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Zi-lu, ran you, gong-xi hua, and zeng xi were sitting in attendance Last Line: The master let out a sigh. 'I am with zeng xi' 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.); Confucius And Confucianism DAY DREAMS, by TSO SSU Poem Text First Line: When I was young I played with a soft brush Last Line: But refusing with a bow, retire to a cottage in the country. Alternate Author Name(s): T'ai-ch'ung+(1) Subject(s): Books; China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Writing & Writers; Reading DEW ON THE ONION GRASS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: On onion grass the dew Last Line: When a person dies he is gone, %never to return Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fasts And Feasts; Funerals DREAMING OF A DEAD LADY, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I heard at night your long sighs Last Line: How the tears fell surging over my breast Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.);mourning; Bereavement DRINKING WINE: 5, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I built a cottage right in the realm of men Last Line: There is some significance here: %I want to expound it but have lost the words 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.) DWELLING IN PEACE ON THE DOUBLE NINTH, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I was dwelling in peace and loved the name 'double ninth.' Last Line: The quiet life has indeed many joys, %there is something achieved in just lingering on 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.); Chrysanthemums; Flowers; Life EAST GATE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: He went out east gate Last Line: I cannot stay here forever! Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Farewell EAST OF PING-LING, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: East of ping-ling, the royal tomb Last Line: I go home and tell the kin %that the brown calf was be sold Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Kidnapping FLOOD, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Text 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 FLOWERS AND MOONLIGHT ON THE SPRING RIVER, by YANG-TI Poem Text First Line: The evening river is level and motionless Last Line: And the tidal water comes with its freight of stars. Alternate Author Name(s): Yang-di Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Rivers FROM A VISION, by TS'AO CHIH Poem Text First Line: In the nine provinces there is not room enough Last Line: My span is extended to the enjoyment of life everlasting. Alternate Author Name(s): Tzu-chien Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Life FU-CHUN ISLE, by XIE LING-YUN Poem Source First Line: By night we passed over fisherman's deeps Last Line: Now my concerns are unfurled in light, %all things beyond me pointlessly stretch and shrink back Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Nature GODS ON THE MAGPIE BRIDGE, by QIN GUAN Poem Source First Line: Fine wisps of cloud sport their craft Last Line: It does not need to be done %every night and every morning at dawn Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Longing; Night GOING OUT EARLY AND MEETING AN OLD LOVE, I GIVE THIS TO HER ..., by SHEN YUEH Poem Source First Line: Traces of rouge yet darken your skin Last Line: That this morning you make your way home in the dew? Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) GRAND, by CAO PI Poem Source First Line: This morning let there be joy upon joy Last Line: Calm and indifferent, they find nature's state, %what are glory and splendor to them? Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fasts And Feasts; Moderation GRAND, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Hard times wait in days to come Last Line: Just hitch six dragons to your coach %and frolic at the edge of clouds Subject(s): Carpe Diem; China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fasts And Feasts GRAVEYARD, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Whose yard is it, the graveyard? Last Line: Man's doom doesn't waver a moment Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fasts And Feasts; Funerals; Graves HARD TRAVELING: 2, by PAO CHAO Poem Source First Line: A luo-yang craftsman of renown Last Line: Long I'll sigh facing this %all the years of my life Alternate Author Name(s): Ming-yuan; Bao Zhao Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Landscape HARD TRAVELING: 4, by PAO CHAO Poem Source First Line: Spill water out on level ground Last Line: I waver, swallow back my voice, %and dare not speak a sound Alternate Author Name(s): Ming-yuan; Bao Zhao Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Landscape HARD TRAVELING: 6, by PAO CHAO Poem Source First Line: I face the table, I cannot eat Last Line: Which is even more for those life me %upright and alone Alternate Author Name(s): Ming-yuan; Bao Zhao Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) HEAVEN ABOVE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: By heaven above Last Line: I'll stop loving you Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fidelity I RIDE THE COACH WITH POLISHED SIDES, by SU XIAO-XIAO Poem Source Last Line: Under pine and cypress of western mound Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) I WATERED MY HORSE AT A SPRING BY THE WALL, by CH'EN LIN Poem Source Last Line: And I don't think I'll be long for life Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) IN JIN-LING: A SECOND SERIES ON WATCHING A CHESS GAME: 1, by CH'IEN CH'IEN-YI Poem Source First Line: Still and somber, a bare chessboard Last Line: I see the southern dynasties Subject(s): Chess; China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); China - Southern Dynasties; Nanking, China INVITING GUESTS, by CH'ENG-KUNG SUI Poem Text First Line: I sent out invitations Last Line: By discharge of emotion! Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Guests; Visiting IT WAS A FINE FEAST, JOY SUDDENLY LEFT, by CH'EN LIN Poem Source Last Line: Lost in sad thought I forgot to turn home, %and tears fell with sighs and soaked my robes Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fasts And Feasts; Grief LAMENT OF HSI-CHUN, by HSI-CHUN Poem Text First Line: My people have married me Last Line: And could fly to my old home! Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Lament; Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives LI FU-JEN, by WU-TI (157 B.C.- 87 B.C.) Poem Text First Line: The sound of her silk skirt has stopped Last Line: How slow she comes! Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Love - Loss Of; Winter LO-YANG, by CH'IEN WEN OF LIANG Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A beautiful place is the town of lo-yang Last Line: And the girls with their high baskets full of fruit. Alternate Author Name(s): Jian-wen; Xiao Gang; Ch'ien Wen-ti Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) MEDIEVAL, by EMILY FRAGOS Poem Source First Line: There was only a thin strip Last Line: For the festive insane to sleep inside Subject(s): Middle Ages MEDIEVAL TIMES, by MICHAEL L. NEWELL Poem Source First Line: It is darker than I have ever known Last Line: No light in street, window, or home Subject(s): Middle Ages MEETING, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: We met upon the narrow lanes Last Line: Sit calmly, my lord, and listen awhile, %for the play of the strings is not done yet Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) MIDDLE AGES: TWO VIEWS, by LEAH BODINE DRAKE Poem Source First Line: The wicked barons laid the landscape waste Subject(s): Middle Ages MOVING HOUSE, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My old desire to live in the southern village Last Line: Doubtful meanings we examine together and settle. 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.); Moving & Movers MOVING MY DWELLING: 1, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Long I've wanted to dwell in south village Last Line: In rare writings we'll find a shared delight, %between us we'll work out problems of meaning 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.); Country Life; Simplicity MULBERRIES BY THE PATH, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Sunrise in southeast Last Line: There are thousands that dine at his board, %and all of them say how grand he is! Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Love - Age Differences; Love - Unrequited NEW CORN, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Swiftly the years, beyond recall Last Line: That brushes the fields of new corn. 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.); Corn NEW SWALLOWS, by CH'IEN WEN OF LIANG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In reponse to the season new birds return Last Line: Through windows they're blocked by the dancers' gowns Alternate Author Name(s): Jian-wen; Xiao Gang; Ch'ien Wen-ti Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Swallows NINETEEN OLD POEMS: 1, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Keep on going, on and on Last Line: Let it go now, say no more! %just eat well and take care Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Longing; Travel NINETEEN OLD POEMS: 10, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Faraway lies that star, the oxherd Last Line: But across that bright and brimming stream, %she gazes with longing and cannot speak Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Longing; Night; Solitude NINETEEN OLD POEMS: 13, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I drove my wagon out upper east gate Last Line: The better way is to drink fine ale %and dress yourself in satin and silk Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Transience NINETEEN OLD POEMS: 14, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Each day those gone are farther withdrawn Last Line: I long to turn back to my native town, %I wish to return, but there is no way Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Homesickness; Transience NINETEEN OLD POEMS: 15, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Life's years do not reach a hundred Last Line: Qiao the prince, a man undying - %it is hard to match his term of years Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Transience NINETEEN OLD POEMS: 19, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Moonlight glowing so bright Last Line: I crane my neck, go back into the room, %and tears that fall are soaking my gown Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Night; Solitude NINETEEN OLD POEMS: 2, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Green, green is the grass by the river Last Line: He travels for pleasure, and never comes home now, %a lonely bed can't be kept empty for long Subject(s): Absence; China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) NINETEEN OLD POEMS: 3, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Cypress on grave mound, green so green Last Line: So feast to the end, give the heart glee, %why let grim woes beset you? Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fasts And Feasts NINETEEN OLD POEMS: 4, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: A good feast brings us to together today Last Line: Don't stay a common man and poor, %ever in hardship, always beaten down Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fasts And Feasts; Relationships NINETEEN OLD POEMS: 5, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: To the northwest stands a tower high Last Line: I wish we could be two golden swans %to fly with great wingbeats high and away Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) NINETEEN OLD POEMS: 9, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: There is a rare tree in my yard Last Line: What value has the thing itself? - %it only recalls how long since he left Subject(s): Absence; China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) ODE, by DAVID LEHMAN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: People in the middle ages didn't think they were living Subject(s): Middle Ages; Conduct Of Life; Medieval History; Medieval Civilization; Medieval Literature ODE TO THE MEDIEVAL POETS, by WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Chaucer, langland, douglas, dunbar, with all your brothers Last Line: That you would have wrought them so much better Alternate Author Name(s): Auden, W. H. Subject(s): Middle Ages; Poetry And Poets OFFICER OF THE GUARD, by XIN YAN-NIAN Poem Source First Line: A bondsman of the house of huo Last Line: No thank you, officer of the guard, %private love isn't worth it Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Love - Age Differences; Love - Unrequited OLD POEM, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I climbed the hill to pick underweed Last Line: Then put the plain silk by the gold, %the new bride cannot match the old Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Marriage ON A LONELY DUCK, by CH'IEN WEN OF LIANG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: It dives in shallows for beakfuls of moss Last Line: Then found its reflection and lingered Alternate Author Name(s): Jian-wen; Xiao Gang; Ch'ien Wen-ti Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Ducks ON A WOMAN UNWILLING TO COME FORTH, by LIU HSIAO-CHO Poem Source First Line: Where the curtain opens, I see hairpin's shadow Last Line: Always shy of the candle's light Subject(s): Bashfulness; China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) ON THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER, by WEI WEN-TI Poem Text First Line: I look up and see / his curtains and bed Last Line: Then why was he / not spared? Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Death; Fathers; Dead, The ONCE UPON A TIME, by W. L. WERNER Poem Text First Line: I am in love with a foreign word, / jadis Last Line: Loudly I'm singing to banish reason, jadis! Alternate Author Name(s): Jacob Subject(s): Middle Ages; Past; Medieval History; Medieval Civilization; Medieval Literature ONE I LOVE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source Last Line: Soon the east will grow bright %and all will be known Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Unfaithfulness PARTING FROM SU WU, by LI LING Poem Text First Line: The good time will never come back again Last Line: And go with you right to your journey's end. Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Farewell; Parting PEOPLE HIDE THEIR LOVE, by WU-TI (464-549) Poem Text First Line: Who says Last Line: Like the flower that seems too precious to be picked? Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Love PERFORMERS ON THE TERRACE OF THE BLACK SPARROW, by HE XUN Poem Source First Line: Leaves fall from trees in the autumn wind Last Line: Song done, they look at each other and rise; %the sun sets with the sounds of cypress and pine Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Sound PERSENTED TO CAO BIAO, PRINCE OF BAI-MA, by CAO ZHI Poem Source First Line: We greeted the emperor in cheng-ming lodge Last Line: I cease my tears and take the long road, %grasping my brush, I say farewell here Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Farewell POETIC EXPRESSION ON LITERATURE, by LU JI Poem Source First Line: He stands in the very center and scans the darkness Last Line: When it covers metal and stone, virtue is spread: %through strings and flutes flowing, it is daily m Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Literature PRELUDE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Swallows go winging before the hall Last Line: Stones jut up all along the stream; %it is best to go home and not travel afar Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Strangers PRELUDE: WHITE SWANS IN PAIRS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: In pairs white swans came flying Last Line: Live this day with delight on delight, %long life to you, ten thousand years Subject(s): Birds; China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Swans PUBLIC BANQUET, by CAO ZHI Poem Source First Line: The prince honors dearly loved guests Last Line: Whirled along, our spirits are free - %may it stay this way forever! Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fasts And Feasts QI-YU SONGS: 1, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: A man should act with daring Last Line: Wrens surge away on either side Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) QI-YU SONGS: 4, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: A man is a pathetic bug Last Line: Better by far than a maid of fifteen Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) QUATRAINS ON VARIOUS TOPICS: 1, by WU CHUN Poem Source First Line: Day's cicadas had already brought yearning pain Last Line: And now this evening, the fireflies Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Farewell READING THE BOOK OF HILLS AND SEAS, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In the month of june the grass grows high Last Line: He will never be happy, whom such pleasures fail to please! 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.) READING THE CLASSIC OF MOUNTAINS AND SEAS: 1, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Summer's first month, all plants grow tall Last Line: In an instant I have covered the universe - %if this is not joy, what is? 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.) REFLECTION OF A HIGH BUILDING IN THE WATER, by CH'IEN WEN OF LIANG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: At the water's bottom a tracery screen appears Last Line: The waves pass on, the reflection remains Alternate Author Name(s): Jian-wen; Xiao Gang; Ch'ien Wen-ti Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) REGRET, by YUAN CHI Poem Text First Line: When I was young I learnt fencing Last Line: That makes this fury tear my heart. Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fencing; Time RESPECTFULLY ANSWERING 'DRIFTING ON THE RIVER', by YU HSIN Poem Source First Line: The spring river comes down past white emperor castle Last Line: As the sun goes down, winds calm on the river, %the dragon sings our and turns back upstream Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Rivers; Travel RETURNING TO DWELL IN GARDENS AND FIELDS: 1, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: My youth felt no comfort in common things Last Line: For long time I was kept inside a coop, %now again I return to the natural way 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.); Country Life RETURNING TO THE FIELDS, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When I was young, I was out of tune with the herd Last Line: Now I have turned again to nature and freedom. Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Variant Title(s): Returning To The Village Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Freedom; Liberty ROAMING IN THE NORTH PARK BY NIGHT, by CH'IEN WEN OF LIANG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Star sparkles break through trees on the ridge Last Line: But the bright waves stir, showing currents Alternate Author Name(s): Jian-wen; Xiao Gang; Ch'ien Wen-ti Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) SAILING HOMEWARD, by CHAN FANG-SHENG Poem Text First Line: Cliffs that rise a thousand feet Last Line: And moved his brush to write a new song. Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Homecoming SEASONS SHIFT, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Ever onward seasons shift Last Line: No reaching yao or yellow emperor, %distressing solitude lies in me 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.); Seasons; Spring; Transience SENDING A PALACE LADY BACK BY NIGHT TO THE REAR BOAT, by CH'IEN WEN OF LIANG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Rows of brocade curtains shelter her barge Last Line: Her lingering scent still fills my boat Alternate Author Name(s): Jian-wen; Xiao Gang; Ch'ien Wen-ti Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) SENDING OFF MR. YING (1), by CAO ZHI Poem Source First Line: On foot I climbed up bei-mang's slopes Last Line: When I think on this place I used to live, %breath chokes within, I cannot speak Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Homecoming SEVEN SORROWS: 1, by WANG CAN Poem Source First Line: In chang-an the fighting was out of control Last Line: I gasped and felt the pain within Subject(s): Absence; China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Grief; War SEVEN SORROWS: 2, by WANG CAN Poem Source First Line: Jing-man is not my home Last Line: This wayfaring will never end, %the sting of care is hard to endure Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Exiles; Night; Solitude SHORT SONG, by CAO CAO Poem Source First Line: The wine before me as I sing Last Line: The duke of zhou broke off his meals, %and all the world turned to him in their hearts Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fasts And Feasts; Guests SIXTH MONTH OF 408: WE HAD A FIRE, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: My thatch hut was set in a narrow lane Last Line: But since I wasn't born in those times, %I'll just go on watering my garden 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.); Fire SONG, by SUN TZU-HOU Poem Text First Line: On the eastern way at the city of lo-yang Last Line: "joy and love never come back again." Subject(s): Aging; China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Trees SONG, by TSANG CHIH Poem Text First Line: I was brought up under the stone castle Last Line: Who waved to me as they went in and out. Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) SONG FOR THE BANK WHERE THE COCK CROWED, by WEN T'ING-YUN Poem Source First Line: When the southern dynasties emperor Last Line: Would linger on in the crabapples %and their branches like snow Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); China - Southern Dynasties SONG OF A BROWN WREN IN WILD FIELDS, by CAO ZHI Poem Source First Line: High in the trees are sad strong winds Last Line: It flew and flew till it touched the sky, %then came again down to thank the young man Subject(s): Birds; China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Wrens SONG OF LORD XIE'S VILLA, by WEN T'ING-YUN Poem Source First Line: To the south of redbird pontoon bridge Last Line: And he never let fu jian %cross the river huai Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); China - Southern Dynasties SONG OF SNOW-WHITE HEADS, by CHO WEN-CHUN Poem Text First Line: Our love was pure Last Line: Till her hair is white. Alternate Author Name(s): Chuo Wen-chen Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Love SONG OF THE AUTUMN WIND, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Autumn winds rise, white clouds fly Last Line: How long does youth's prime last? - no hope against old age Subject(s): Aging; Autumn; China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fasts And Feasts; Seasons; Transience SONG OF THE MEN OF CHIN-LING (MARCHING BACK TO THE CAPITAL), by HSIEH T'IAO Poem Text First Line: Chiang-nan is a glorious and beautiful land Last Line: And for those who have done valiantly rich reward awaits. Alternate Author Name(s): Hsuan-hui; Xie Tiao Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Soldiers SONG OF THE PRINCE OF LANG-YA, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I just bought a five-foot sword Last Line: Better by far that a maid of fifteen Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Swords SONG OF YONG-ZHOU: 2. NORTH ISLE, by CH'IEN WEN OF LIANG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Shores shaded by hanging willow fronds Last Line: Sapphire waters splash their long sleeves, %and drifting mosses dye the light paddles Alternate Author Name(s): Jian-wen; Xiao Gang; Ch'ien Wen-ti Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) SONG ON REFLECTIONS IN WATER, by SHEN Poem Source First Line: Her light tresses mimic the drifting clouds Last Line: Where duckweed opens, she smoothes tousled hair Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) SONG WHITE HAIR, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: As bright as the snow on mountaintop Last Line: Long life to you, ten thousand years Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Unfaithfulness SONG: EVERY NIGHT, by CH'IEN WEN OF LIANG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The dipper stretches across the sky Last Line: In lamplight half of the bed is in shadow Alternate Author Name(s): Jian-wen; Xiao Gang; Ch'ien Wen-ti Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) SONGS OF MY CARES: 1, by RUAN JI Poem Source First Line: In the night I could not sleep Last Line: I wavered then, what would I see? - %troubled thoughts injure a heart all alone Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Night; Solitude SONGS OF MY CARES: 16, by RUAN JI Poem Source First Line: I was walking about beside peng pond Last Line: No regrets that he ends up wasted and gaunt, %and this is the burden of my song Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) SONGS OF MY CARES: 3, by RUAN JI Poem Source First Line: A path will form beneath fair trees Last Line: And the year too has reached its end Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Farewell SONGS OF MY CARES: 33, by RUAN JI Poem Source First Line: One more day, then one more evening Last Line: All my life I have walked on thin ice, %and none understands how this heart seethes Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Simplicity SONGS OF MY CARES: 6, by RUAN JI Poem Source First Line: I have heard of count dong-ling's melons Last Line: One may spend a life in commoner's clothes, %put no trust in stipends and popularity Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Simplicity SOURCE OF PAIN: 2, by CH'IEN WEN OF LIANG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In lonely stillness, echoes from twilight eaves Last Line: Like seeing the lacework of spiders Alternate Author Name(s): Jian-wen; Xiao Gang; Ch'ien Wen-ti Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) SOUTH OF THE WALLS WE FOUGHT, by UNKNOWN Poem Source Last Line: At dawn you went forth to battle, %and at evening did not return Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Death; War SPRING LONGINGS, by WANG SENG-JU Poem Source First Line: The snows are over, branches turn green Last Line: That leads me to write these songs of love Alternate Author Name(s): Seng-ju; Wang Seng-ru Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Longing; Spring STUDY IN THE HILLS, by YU HSIN Poem Source First Line: I sought in vast stillness clam chambers Last Line: Makes me feel still more how heart's cares have erred Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) TAOIST SONG, by CHI K'ANG Poem Text First Line: I will cast out wisdom and reject learning Last Line: "my thoughts shall wander in the great void." Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) TCHIREK SONG, by ALTUN Poem Text First Line: Tchirek river / lies under the dark mountains Last Line: Sheep and oxen roam. Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Tatars; Tartars TELL ME NOW, by WANG CHI Poem Text First Line: Tell me now, what should a man want Last Line: And, at the end, need no paradise. Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kung; Wang Ch'i Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Contentment; Old Age THE AUTUMN WIND, by WU-TI (157 B.C.- 87 B.C.) Poem Text First Line: Autumn wind rises: white clouds fly Last Line: Youth's years how few! Age how sure! Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Time; Wind THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST WU (1), by WEI WEN-TI Poem Text First Line: My charioteer hastens to yoke my carriage Last Line: Gladly enough would I go to my country's aid. Subject(s): China - Civil Wars; China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST WU (2), by WEI WEN-TI Poem Text First Line: In the north-west there is a floating cloud Last Line: This being abroad and always living in dread. Subject(s): China - Civil Wars; China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) THE CLOCK IN THE TOWER OF THE CHURCH, by RANDALL JARRELL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How patient man is in his time Subject(s): Middle Ages; Millenium; Second Advent; Medieval History; Medieval Civilization; Medieval Literature; Second Coming Of Christ THE COCK-FIGHT, by TS'AO CHIH Poem Text First Line: Our wandering eyes are sated with the dancer's skill Last Line: "then I shall not leave without winning the match!" Alternate Author Name(s): Tzu-chien Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Cock-fighting THE CURTAIN OF THE WEDDING BED, by MRS. LIU HSUN Poem Text First Line: Flap, flap, you curtain in front of our bed! Last Line: Curtain -- shall I ever take you out again? Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Unfaithfulness; Infidelity; Adultery; Inconstancy THE DESECRATION OF THE HAN TOMB, by CHANG TSAI Poem Text First Line: At pei-mang how they rise to heaven Last Line: "and am sorely grieved at the thought of ""then"" and ""now." Alternate Author Name(s): Meng-yang Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Graves; Tombs; Tombstones THE FERRY, by CH'IEN WEN OF LIANG Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Of marsh-mallows my boat is made Last Line: So long you tarry at the crossing. Alternate Author Name(s): Jian-wen; Xiao Gang; Ch'ien Wen-ti Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fear; Ferry Boats; Love - Complaints THE LIBERATOR; A POLITICAL ALLEGORY, by WU-TI (464-549) Poem Text First Line: In the high trees - many doleful winds Last Line: And down again to thank the young man. Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Politics & Government THE LITTLE LADY (A CHILDREN'S SONG), by CH'ING HSI Poem Text First Line: Her door opened on the white water Last Line: All alone without a lover. Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) THE RED HILLS, by PAO CHAO Poem Text First Line: Red hills lie athwart us as a menace in the west Last Line: Can he hope that his soldiers will give what is hardest to give? Alternate Author Name(s): Ming-yuan; Bao Zhao Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Soldiers THE REJECTED WIFE, by YUAN-TI Poem Text First Line: Entering the hall, she meets the new wife Last Line: That her present pain will never come to an end. Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Love - Loss Of THE RUINS OF LO-YANG, by TS'AO CHIH Poem Text First Line: I climb to the ridge of pei mang mountain Last Line: I am heart-tied and cannot speak. Alternate Author Name(s): Tzu-chien Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Ruins THE SCHOLAR IN THE NARROW STREET, by TSO SSU Poem Text First Line: Flap, flap, the captive bird in the cage Last Line: And this should be the wise man's pattern. Alternate Author Name(s): T'ai-ch'ung+(1) Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) THE SCHOLAR RECRUIT, by PAO CHAO Poem Text 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 THE VALLEY WIND, by LU YUN Poem Text First Line: Living in retirement beyond the world Last Line: My cottage becomes a universe. Alternate Author Name(s): Shih-lung Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Retirement THE WATERS OF LUNG-T'OU (THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER), by HSU LING Poem Text First Line: The road that I came by mounts eight thousand feet Last Line: That I ever lived in the streets of hsien-yang. Alternate Author Name(s): Hsiao-mu Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Frontier & Pioneer Life; Nature TO HIS WIFE, by SU WU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Since our hair was plaited and we became man and wife Last Line: And if I die, we will go on thinking of each other. Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives TO HIS WIFE (1), by QIN JIA Poem Source First Line: Liken man's life to morning dew Last Line: Sorrow comes like tracing a ring - %the heart is no mat to be rolled away Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Grief; Longing; Love - Marital TZE TEG SONG: 1, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: At the time when blossoms Last Line: "I said I must go, / because my silkworms were hungry" Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) TZU YEH SONG: 5, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I have brought my pillow and am lying at the northern window Last Line: How long do you think our love can last? Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.);love - Nature Of TZU-TEG SONG: 2, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: All night I could not sleep Last Line: "I kept on hearing a voice calling: / out of nowhere, nothing answered 'yes'" Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.);insomnia;night; Sleeplessness;bedtime TZU-TEG SONG: 4, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I heard my love was going to yang-chou Last Line: For a moment when you held me fast in your outstretched arms/I thought the river stood still and did Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) UNCLASSIFIED POEM, by LIU ZHEN Poem Source First Line: The work in my office keeps piling up Last Line: O to have such fleet feathers %and to bob in the waves along with you Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Office Work UNCLASSIFIED POEM: 1, by CAO ZHI Poem Source First Line: High on the terrace are sad strong winds Last Line: But its shape and shadow were suddenly gone, %its swift wingbeats wound my heart Subject(s): Birds; China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Escapes UNCLASSIFIED POEM: 2, by CAO ZHI Poem Source First Line: Tumbleweed rolling, severed from root Last Line: Keep going then, say no more! %brooding troubles make a man old Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) VISITING THE SOUTHERN PAVILION, by XIE LING-YUN Poem Source First Line: Season's close, evening skies clear to translucence Last Line: For whom can I clarify hopes and dreams? - %a mind that appreciates will know on its own Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) WATERING MY HORSE BY THE GREAT WALL, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Green, green the grass by the river Last Line: It began, 'take care of yourself,' %and ended, 'I love you forever' Subject(s): Absence; China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Great Wall, China WEST GATE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Our west gate Last Line: The miser who cannot bear to spend %wins only mocking in later days Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fasts And Feasts; Pleasure WINTER NIGHT, by CH'IEN WEN OF LIANG Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My bed is so empty that I keep on waking up Last Line: Oh that those were waves which could carry me back to you! Alternate Author Name(s): Jian-wen; Xiao Gang; Ch'ien Wen-ti Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Longing; Winter WITH THE ARMY: 5, by WANG CAN Poem Source First Line: I kept faring down roads choked with weeds Last Line: The poet once praised a 'happy land' - %though a stranger here, I still wish to stay Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Travel WOMAN, by FU HSUAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: How sad it is to be a woman Last Line: Than they whose parting is like ts'an and ch'en. Alternate Author Name(s): Hsiu-i; Fu Xuan Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Women WRITTEN ON THE LAKE, RETURNING FROM THE CHAPEL AT STONE CLIFF, by XIE LING-YUN Poem Source First Line: Dawnlight to dusk, transmuted the atmosphere Last Line: These words I send to those nurturing life: %just try using this way to search for it Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Zen Buddhism YANG PAN-ER, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I happened to go out before white gate Last Line: And I am the brazier where it burns Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) ZI-YE SONG, by HSIAO YEN Poem Source First Line: In her yearning it seems she wants to come closer Last Line: White fingers stroke the charming strings Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) ZI-YE SONGS OF THE FOUR SEASONS. SPRING: 10, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Flowers so lovely in the spring groves Last Line: Blows open wide my skirts of gauze Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Spring ZI-YE SONGS OF THE FOUR SEASONS. SPRING: 6, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: The cuckoo is singing in the bamboo Last Line: Their gauze skirts trail through fragrant grass Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Spring ZI-YE SONGS OF THE FOUR SEASONS. SPRING: 9, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Skirt of gauze, tight red sleeves Last Line: Wanton and seeking a like-hearted man Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Spring ZI-YE SONGS OF THE FOUR SEASONS. WINTER: 13, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Where will we tie our true-love-knot? Last Line: And the hard frosts will freeze me to death Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Winter ZI-YE SONGS: 1-2, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I went out the gates at sinset Last Line: And on purpose let me see you Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) ZI-YE SONGS: 12, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: At dawn I long to go out the gates Last Line: But my heart in secret thinks of you Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) ZI-YE SONGS: 16, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: My love was taken by another Last Line: Which is to say: 'close no more' Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Unfaithfulness ZI-YE SONGS: 19, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: When my love is sad, I'm also down Last Line: From different roots shared branches rise? Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) ZI-YE SONGS: 20, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I was moved by how lovig you were at first Last Line: All glitter outside, nothing deep with Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Superficiality ZI-YE SONGS: 23, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Who can feel longing and not sing out? Last Line: So upset that I can't help thinking of you Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Longing ZI-YE SONGS: 24, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I held my dress, not tying the sash Last Line: If it opens a bit, just blame the spring wind Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Flirtation ZI-YE SONGS: 33, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: The night lasted on, I could not sleep Last Line: And I wasted an answering 'yes!' to the sky Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Love ZI-YE SONGS: 36, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I am that star at the dipper's end Last Line: In the east at dawn, at dusk turning west Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fidelity |
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