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Fir-Flower Tablets

by Florence Ayscough and Amy Lowell

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Introduction
  3. 3Songs of the Marches
  4. 4The Battle to the South of the City
  5. 5The Perils of the Shu Road
  6. 6Looking at the Moon After Rain
  7. 7The Lonely Wife
  8. 8The Pleasures Within the Palace
  9. 9The Young Girls of Yüeh
  10. 10Written in the Character of a Beautiful Woman Grieving Before Her M…
  11. 11Songs to the Peonies Sung to the Air: “Peaceful Brightness”
  12. 12Spring Grief and Resentment by Li T’ai-Po
  13. 13The Cast-Off Palace Woman of Ch’in and the Dragon Robes
  14. 14The Poet Is Detained in a Nanking Wine-Shop on the Eve of Starting…
  15. 15Fêng Huang T’ai
  16. 16The Northern Flight
  17. 17Fighting to the South of the City
  18. 18The Crosswise River
  19. 19On Hearing the Buddhist Priest of Shu Play His Table-Lute
  20. 20Ch’ang Kan
  21. 21Sorrow During a Clear Autumn
  22. 22Poignant Grief During a Sunny Spring
  23. 23Two Poems Written as Parting Gifts to Ts’ui (the Official) of Ch’iu Pu
  24. 24Sent as a Parting Gift to the Second Official of Ch’iu Pu
  25. 25The Song of the White Clouds
  26. 26Wind-Bound at the New Forest Reach. A Letter Sent to a Friend
  27. 27Drinking Alone in the Moonlight
  28. 28Drinking Alone in the Moonlight
  29. 29A Statement of Resolutions After Being Drunk on a Spring Day
  30. 30River Chant
  31. 31Separated by Imperial Summons From Her Who Lives Within
  32. 32A Woman Sings to the Air: “Sitting at Night”
  33. 33The Palace Woman of Han Tan Becomes the Wife of the Soldiers’ Cook
  34. 34The Sorrel Horse
  35. 35A Poem Given to a Beautiful Woman Encountered on a Field-Path
  36. 36Saying Good-Bye to a Friend
  37. 37The Terraced Road of the Two-Edged Sword Mountains
  38. 38Hearing a Bamboo Flute on a Spring Night in the City of Lo Yang
  39. 39The Retreat of Hsieh Kung
  40. 40A Traveller Comes to the Old Terrace of Su
  41. 41Theme of the Rest-House on the Clear Wan River
  42. 42Drinking Song
  43. 43Answer to an Affectionate Invitation From Ts’ui Fifteen
  44. 44Parrot Island
  45. 45The Honourable Lady Chao
  46. 46Thinking of the Frontier
  47. 47A Song of Resentment
  48. 48Picking Willow
  49. 49Autumn River Song
  50. 50Visiting the Taoist Priest on the Mountain Which Upholds Heaven — H…
  51. 51Reply to an Unrefined Person Encountered in the Hills
  52. 52Reciting Verses by Moonlight in a Western Upper Chamber in the City…
  53. 53Passing the Night at the White Heron Island
  54. 54Ascending the Three Chasms
  55. 55Parting From Yang, a Hill Man Who Is Returning to the High Mountain
  56. 56Night Thoughts
  57. 57The Serpent Mound
  58. 58On the Subject of Old Tai’s Wine-Shop
  59. 59Drinking in the T’ao Pavilion
  60. 60A Song for the Hour When the Crows Roost
  61. 61Poem Sent to the Official Wang of Han Yang
  62. 62Drinking Alone on the Rock in the River of the Clear Stream
  63. 63A Farewell Banquet to My Father’s Younger Brother Yün, the Imperial…
  64. 64In the Province of Lu, to the East of the Stone Gate Mountain, Taki…
  65. 65The Moon Over the Mountain Pass
  66. 66The Taking-Up of Arms
  67. 67A Song of the Rest-House of Deep Trouble
  68. 68The “Looking-for-Husband” Rock
  69. 69After Being Separated for a Long Time
  70. 70Bitter Jealousy in the Palace of the High Gate
  71. 71Eternally Thinking of Each Other
  72. 72Passionate Grief
  73. 73Sung to the Air: “The Mantzŭ Like an Idol”
  74. 74At the Yellow Crane Tower, Taking Leave of Mêng Hao Jan on His Depa…
  75. 75In Deep Thought, Gazing at the Moon
  76. 76Thoughts From a Thousand Li
  77. 77Word-Pattern
  78. 78The Heaven’s Gate Mountains
  79. 79Poem Sent on Hearing That Wang Ch’ang-Ling Had Been Exiled to Lung…
  80. 80A Parting Gift to Wang Lun
  81. 81Saying Good-Bye to a Friend Who Is Going on an Excursion to the Plu…
  82. 82A Poem Sent to Tu Fu From Sha Ch’iu Ch’êng
  83. 83Bidding Good-Bye to Yin Shu
  84. 84A Desultory Visit to the Fêng Hsien Temple at the Dragon’s Gate
  85. 85The Thatched House Unroofed by an Autumn Gale
  86. 86The River Village
  87. 87The Excursion
  88. 88The Recruiting Officers at the Village of the Stone Moat
  89. 89Crossing the Frontier
  90. 90Crossing the Frontier
  91. 91The Sorceress Gorge
  92. 92Thinking of Li Po on a Spring Day
  93. 93At the Edge of Heaven. Thinking of Li T’ai-Po
  94. 94Sent to Li Po as a Gift
  95. 95A Toast for Mêng Yün-Ch’ing
  96. 96Moon Night
  97. 97Hearing the Early Oriole (Written in Exile)
  98. 98The City of Stones. (Nanking)
  99. 99Sung to the Tune of “The Unripe Hawthorn Berry”
  100. 100An Imperial Audience at Dawn
  101. 101The Blue-Green Stream
  102. 102Farm House on the Wei Stream
  103. 103Seeking for the Hermit of the West Hill; Not Meeting Him
  104. 104Floating on the Pool of Jo Ya. Spring
  105. 105Sung to the Air: “The Wanderer”
  106. 106Farewell Words to the Daughter of the House of Yang
  107. 107Sung to the Air: “Looking South Over the River and Dreaming”
  108. 108Together We Know Happiness
  109. 109Once More Fields and Gardens
  110. 110Song of the Snapped Willow
  111. 111The Cloudy River (From the “Book of Odes”)
  112. 112To the Air: “The Fallen Leaves and the Plaintive Cicada”
  113. 113Written in Early Autumn at the Pool of Sprinkling Water
  114. 114Proclaiming the Joy of Certain Hours
  115. 115A Song of Grief
  116. 116A Letter of Thanks for Precious Pearls Bestowed by One Above
  117. 117Dancing
  118. 118Songs of the Courtesans
  119. 119The Great Ho River
  120. 120Written Pictures
  121. 121The Emperor’s Return From a Journey to the South
  122. 122On Seeing the Portrait of a Beautiful Concubine
  123. 123Calligraphy
  124. 124The Palace Blossoms
  125. 125One Goes a Journey
  126. 126From the Straw Hut Among the Seven Peaks
  127. 127On the Classic of the Hills and Sea
  128. 128The Hermit
  129. 129After How Many Years
  130. 130The Inn at the Mountain Pass
  131. 131Li T’ai-Po Meditates
  132. 132Pair of Scrolls · Two Panels — The Return
  133. 133Evening — Calm
  134. 134Fishing Picture
  135. 135Spring. Summer. Autumn
  136. 136Table of Chinese Historical Periods

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