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ARRIVING AT HSUN-YANG: 1 by PO CHU-YI

First Line: A BEND OF THE RIVER BRINGS INTO VIEW TWO TRIUMPHAL ARCHES
Last Line: BY MISTY WATERS AND RAINY SANDS, WHILE THE YELLOW DUSK THICKENS.
Subject(s): CHINA - TANG DYNASTY (618-905); TRAVEL; JOURNEYS; TRIPS;
A BEND of the river brings into view two triumphal arches;
That is the gate in the western wall of the suburbs of Hsun-yang.
I have still to travel in my solitary boat three or four leagues --
By misty waters and rainy sands, while the yellow dusk thickens.



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