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LO-YANG by CH'IEN WEN OF LIANG

First Line: A BEAUTIFUL PLACE IS THE TOWN OF LO-YANG
Last Line: AND THE GIRLS WITH THEIR HIGH BASKETS FULL OF FRUIT.
Subject(s): CHINA - MIDDLE AGES (600 B.C.- 618 A.D.);
A BEAUTIFUL place is the town of Lo-yang:
The big streets are full of spring light.
The lads go driving out with harps in their hands:
The mulberry girls go out to the fields with their baskets.
Golden whips glint at the horses' flanks,
Gauze sleeves brush the green boughs.
Racing dawn, the carriages come home, --
And the girls with their high baskets full of fruit.



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