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Born in 712 / Died in 770 / China / Chinese

Poems by Tu Fu

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Alone, Looking for Blossoms Along the River

... Let's talk Things over, little buds ---open delicately, sparingly ...

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Ballad of the Army Carts

... the bleached bones have lain for many a long year, but no one has ever gathered ...

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Ballad of the Old Cypress

... The paint- work of the temple's dark interior gleamed dully through derelict doors and ...

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By the Lake

... ide, while before the carriage rode maids of honor equipped with bows and arrows, their white horses ...

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Day's End

... Over Mountains and rivers, far from my old garden, ...

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Dreaming of Li Po

... I fear that this is not the soul of a living man: the journey is so immeasurably far ...

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Full Moon

... On the cold river passing night-filled homes, ...

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Gazing at the Sacred Peak

... One day soon, At the summit, the other mountains will be ...

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On a Prospect of T'ai-shan

... One day I must stand on top of its highest peak and at a single glance see all the other ...

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Moonlit Night

... By now,Her hair will be mist-scented, her jade-white ...

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Morning Rain

... DeepenedColors grace thatch homes for a moment ...

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Overnight at the Riverside Tower

... I brood on Our wars, sleepless here and, to right ...

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Rain

... Below Our brushwood gate, out to dry at the village ...

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Restless Night

... Waking Waterbirds begin calling, one to another ...

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Spring Night in the Imperial Chancellery

... upon the wind. Having a sealed memorial to submit at tomorrow's levee, I make ...