Her life is the wire-she can never come down. Sometimes she stops and sits on it to eat， even sleeps there， her whole body stretched as the wire is st...
ORCHID AND ORANGE I Zhang Jiuling Tender orchid-leaves in spring And cinnamon- blossoms bright in autumn Are as self- contained as life is, Which conf...
ORCHID AND ORANGE II Zhang Jiuling Here, south of the Yangzi, grows a red orangetree. All winter long its leaves are green, Not because of a warmer so...
DOWN ZHONGNAN MOUNTAIN TO THE KIND PILLOW AND BOWL OF HUSI Li Bai Down the blue mountain in the evening, Moonlight was my homeward escort. Looking bac...
DRINKING ALONE WITH THE MOON Li Bai From a pot of wine among the flowers I drank alone. There was no one with me —— Till, raising my cup, ...
IN SPRING Li Bai Your grasses up north are as blue as jade, Our mulberries here curve green-threaded branches； And at last you think of returning home...
A VIEW OF TAISHAN Du Fu What shall I say of the Great Peak？ —— The ancient dukedoms are everywhere green, Inspired and stirred by the brea...
I Lars Porsena of Closium By the Nine Gods he swore That the great house of Tarquin Should suffer wrong no more. By the Nine Gods he swore it, And nam...
II East and west and south and north The messengers ride fast, And tower and town and cottage Have heard the trumpet's blast. Shame on the false E...
III The horsemen and the footmen Are pouring in amain From many a stately market-place, From many a fruitful plain, From many a lonely hamlet, Which, ...