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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MEETING IN THE ROAD, by ANONYMOUS First Line: In a narrow road where there was not room to pass Last Line: And candles on its branches flaring away in the night Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) | |||
IN a narrow road where there was not room to pass My carriage met the carriage of a young man. And while his axle was touching my axle In the narrow road I asked him where he lived. "The place where I live is easy enough to find, Easy to find and difficult to forget. The gates of my house are built of yellow gold, The hall of my house is paved with white jade, On the hall table flagons of wine are set, I had summoned to serve me dancers of Han-tan. In the midst of a courtyard grows a cassia-tree, -- And candles on its branches flaring away in the night. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...YEARS VANISH LIKE THE MORNING DEW by MEI SHENG THE MAN-WIND AND THE WOMAN-WIND by SUNG YU BLAMING SONS (AN APOLOGY FOR HIS OWN DRUNKENNESS) by T'AO CH'IEN READING THE BOOK OF HILLS AND SEAS by T'AO CH'IEN RETURNING TO THE FIELDS by T'AO CH'IEN TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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