Potential Titles: Li Ho aka Li He

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Echo of insects where the lamplight thins - Li Ho "At Ch'ang-ku, Reading: To Show My Man Pa" transl. by Burton Watson

Cold night heavy with medicine fumes - Li Ho "At Ch'ang-ku, Reading: To Show My Man Pa" transl. by Burton Watson

Pity a broken-winged wanderer - Li Ho "At Ch'ang-ku, Reading: To Show My Man Pa" transl. by Burton Watson

Through bitterest toil you follow me - Li Ho "At Ch'ang-ku, Reading: To Show My Man Pa" transl. by Burton Watson

Stars rest cold by shoals of cloud - Li Ho "For the Examination at Ho-nan-fu: Songs of the Twelve Months (with Intercalary Month)" transl. by Burton Watson

In deserted gardens fading orchids grieve - Li Ho "For the Examination at Ho-nan-fu: Songs of the Twelve Months (with Intercalary Month)" transl. by Burton Watson

Lights up the mauve of three - Li Ho "The Northland in Cold" transl. by Burton Watson

Splits into scar and crackle - Li Ho "The Northland in Cold" transl. by Burton Watson

Could not pierce these meshed and low-slung skies - Li Ho "The Northland in Cold" transl. by Burton Watson

Whirlwinds buffet the horses - Li Ho "Song of the Sacred Strings" transl. by Burton Watson

Horses that prance on cloud - Li Ho "Song of the Sacred Strings" transl. by Burton Watson

Pacing the autumn dust - Li Ho "Song of the Sacred Strings" transl. by Burton Watson


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