A Rencontre
A Rencontre
Wang Wei
Sir, from my dear old home you come,
And all its glories you can name;
Oh tell me,—has the winter-plum
Yet blossomed o’er the window-frame?
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Poem text transcribed from Giles, Chinese Poetry in English Verse (1898), pp. 54–56. Typographic punctuation normalized; verse lines preserved. · Translated by Herbert A. Giles
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