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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TZU-TEG SONG: 2, by ANONYMOUS
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
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
All night I could not sleep
Because of the moonlight on my bed.
I kept on hearing a voice calling:
Out of Nowhere, Nothing answered "yes."
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