The works of Li Po, the Chinese poet

Li, Po (701-762)

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35. THE POET THINKS OF HIS OLD HOME

I have not turned my steps toward the East Mountain for so long.
I wonder how many times the roses have bloomed there. . . .
The white clouds gather and scatter again like friends.
Who has a house there now to view the setting of the bright moon?

The East Mountain (Tung Shan), in Chehkiang. Hsieh An, the poet-governor of the 4th century under the Chin dynasty, whom Li Po admired immensely, had resided here.

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35. THE POET THINKS OF HIS OLD HOME