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Selected Poems By Li Po<\/span><\/h1>\n

Down Zhongnan Mountain to the Kind Pillow and Bowl of Husi<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Down the blue mountain in the evening,
\nMoonlight was my homeward escort.
\nLooking back, I saw my path
\nLie in levels of deep shadow….
\nI was passing the farm-house of a friend,
\nWhen his children called from a gate of thorn
\nAnd led me twining through jade bamboos
\nWhere green vines caught and held my clothes.
\nAnd I was glad of a chance to rest
\nAnd glad of a chance to drink with my friend….
\nWe sang to the tune of the wind in the pines;
\nAnd we finished our songs as the stars went down,
\nWhen, I being drunk and my friend more than happy,
\nBetween us we forgot the world.<\/p>\n

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Drinking Alone with the Moon<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
\nFrom a pot of wine among the flowers
\nI drank alone. There was no one with me —
\nTill, raising my cup, I asked the bright moon
\nTo bring me my shadow and make us three.
\nAlas, the moon was unable to drink
\nAnd my shadow tagged me vacantly;
\nBut still for a while I had these friends
\nTo cheer me through the end of spring….
\nI sang. The moon encouraged me.
\nI danced. My shadow tumbled after.
\nAs long as I knew, we were boon companions.
\nAnd then I was drunk, and we lost one another.
\n…Shall goodwill ever be secure?
\nI watch the long road of the River of Stars.<\/p>\n

Li Bai\u00a0(\u674e<\/a>\u767d<\/a> 701\u00a0\u2013\u00a0762), also known as\u00a0Li Po, was a major Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty poetry period. Regarded as one of the greatest poets of the Tang Dynasty, often called China’s “golden age” of classical Chinese poetry, Li Bai was both a prolific and a creative poet, as well as one who stretched the rules of versification of his time. Around a thousand extant poems are attributed to him today. Thirty-four of his poems are included in the popular anthology\u00a0Three Hundred Tang Poems<\/a>.<\/address>\n

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