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Subject: ARMY - CHINA
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` ARMY SONG, by WANG CH'ANG-LING    Poem Source                    
First Line: A dust storm over the gobi
Last Line: Word has come that they've captured %the tu-yu-hun alive
Alternate Author Name(s): Wang Chang-ling
Subject(s): Army - China; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905)


ARMY WAGONS; A BALLAD, by TU FU    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The wagons went by rumbling
Last Line: When the sky grows shadowed and rains pour down, %you hear their voices wailing
Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu
Subject(s): Army - China; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life


BALLAD OF RUNNING HORSE RIVER; SENDING OFF THE ARMY, by TS'EN SHEN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Have you not seen
Last Line: At the western gate of ju-shi we %await news of the victory
Subject(s): Army - China; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life


MOON OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES, by LI PO    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The bright moon comes out from sky mountain
Last Line: And in high chambers on this same night, %the sighs, I am sure, are not yet still
Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai
Subject(s): Army - China; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life


OLD AIRS: 14, by LI PO    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Sandstorms fill turkish passes
Last Line: Li mu, the general, is with us no more - %on the frontier men feed jackals and tigers
Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai
Subject(s): Army - China; Frontier And Pioneer Life


OUT TO THE FRONTIER: 1, by TU FU    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Cheerless, they leave their hometowns
Last Line: A true man's concerned with all the world - %how can I refuse to hold fast in hardship?
Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu
Subject(s): Army - China; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life; Soldiers


THE BALLAD OF THE ARMY, by TU FU    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Chariots rumble and roar
Last Line: "with darkened sky, and drenching rain,—a melancholy sound!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu
Subject(s): Army - China; Soldiers; War


THE LONG WAR, by LI PO    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: They fought last year by the upper valley of son-kan
Last Line: They have accomplished nothing!
Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai
Subject(s): Army - China; Death; Soldiers; War; Dead, The


TURKS ARE GONE!, by LI PO    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Harsh winds blow the frost
Last Line: How will I find fierce warriors to guard my land all around?
Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai
Subject(s): Army - China; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life


WITH THE ARMY; A BALLAD, by WANG JIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: The house of han pursues the khan
Last Line: I have heard tell that in western liang-zhou %in every household the women weep
Subject(s): Army - China; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life


WITH THE ARMY; A BALLAD, by WANG CH'ANG-LING    Poem Source                    
First Line: A bugle blown set marchers in motion
Last Line: We have bound the necks of their foremost chiefs %and go back to present them to the emperor
Alternate Author Name(s): Wang Chang-ling
Subject(s): Army - China; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life