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RIPPLES OF BIRD SONG

Excerpted from The Journey by Rabindranath Tagore

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The morning seas of silence broke into ripples of bird song;

And the flowers were all merry by the roadside;

And the wealth of gold was scattered through the rift of clouds

While we busily went on our way and paid no heed.

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TWILIGHT SHADOWS ACROSS

Excerpted from The Leyou Tombs by Li Shangyin (AD 813-858)

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With twilight shadows across my heart

I have driven up among the Leyou Tombs

To see the sun, for all his glory,

Buried by the coming night.

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Originally translated by Witter Bynner. Retranslated by Wenga Du for Forests of Stone Steles.

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NEW DAY

Excerpted from She Rose To His Requirements by Emily Dickinson

If ought She missed in Her new Day,

Of Amplitude, or Awe –

Or first Prospective –

Of the Gold In using, wear away…

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