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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BEING ON DUTY ALL NIGHT IN THE PALACE AND DREAMING OF HSIEN-YU TEMPLE, by PO CHU-YI Poet's Biography
First Line: At the western window I paused from writing rescripts
Last Line: I still thought it the murmur of a mountain stream.
Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi
Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Sleep; Temples; Mosques
First Line: At the western window I paused from writing rescripts
Last Line: I still thought it the murmur of a mountain stream.
Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi
Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Sleep; Temples; Mosques
AT the western window I paused from writing rescripts;
The pines and bamboos were all buried in stillness.
The moon rose and a calm wind came;
Suddenly, it was like an evening in the hills.
And so, as I dozed, I dreamed of the South West
And thought I was staying at the Hsien-yu Temple.
When I woke and heard the dripping of the Palace clock
I still thought it the murmur of a mountain stream.
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