Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG OF SNOW-WHITE HEADS, by CHO WEN-CHUN 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 | ||||||||
OUR love was pure As the snow on the mountains: White as a moon Between the clouds -- They're telling me Your thoughts are double: That's why I've come To break it off. To-day we'll drink A cup of wine. To-morrow we'll part Beside the Canal: Walking about, Beside the Canal, Where its branches divide East and west. Alas and alas, And again alas. So must a girl Cry when she's married, If she find not a man Of single heart, Who will not leave her Till her hair is white. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD |
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