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A Lute of Jade presents selections from the classical poets of China under the name of L. Cranmer-Byng. The introductory discussion calls the early Chinese ballads songs of peace and says many are sung to a refrain, particularly those expressing sadness. One refrain joins flowing water, a night spent dreaming, and waking sighs for the City of Chow.
A poem describes a feast spread among flowers, with red wine cups and deep draughts drunk unto The Lady Moon. A speaker hears a distant sound from the south-west swell from a gentle sigh into the roar of waves striking a cliff.
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- Author
- L. Cranmer-Byng
- Reading time
- About 90 minutes
- Pages
- 82
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Classical Poetry
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