Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ON BOARD SHIP: READING YUAN CHEN'S POEMS, by PO CHU-YI



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ON BOARD SHIP: READING YUAN CHEN'S POEMS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I take your poems in my hand and read them beside the candle
Last Line: Listening to waves that, driven by the wind, strike the prow of the ship.
Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi
Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Poetry & Poets


I TAKE your poems in my hand and read them beside the candle;
The poems are finished: the candle is low: dawn not yet come.
With sore eyes by the guttering candle still I sit in the dark,
Listening to waves that, driven by the wind, strike the prow of the ship.





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