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Po Chü-i: At Forty-One

A Feast of Lanterns · 1 passage

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The waters from the pool are vanishing; A mellow sunlight steeps the window-panes, And autumn winds ply many a pleasant fan. O gold and green, half-ripe, the acacias glow, While o’er the threshold of his summer falls The shadow of a solitary man.

Source: Internet Sacred Text Archive, file cfu/fol/fol36.htm.

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