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RESPONDING TO SECRETARY CHIA CHIH'S MORNING COURT AT TAMING PALACE by TU FU

First Line: THE SOUND OF NIGHTLONG DRIPPING SPEEDS THE SHAFT OF DAWN
Last Line: BY THE POND TODAY I FOUND A PHOENIX FEATHER
Subject(s): CHINA - SONG DYNASTY (960-1278); CHINA - TANG DYNASTY (618-905);

Poem Sources:

POEMS OF THE MASTERS; CHINA'S CLASSIC ANTHOLOGY OF T'ANG AND SUNG DYNASTY VERSE. TRANSLATED BY RED PINE.
  RED PINE (ED.)
  (2003)
 



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