Tu Fu

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POETRY / Spring 1925

On the Gate Tower at Yueh-Yang

By Tu Fu

Long I had heard of Lake Tung-t’ing 
And now at last I have climbed the tower.
Wu is to the east, and Chu to the south,

POETRY / Spring 1925

Remembering My Brothers on a Moonlight Night

By Tu Fu

A wanderer hears drums, warning him of war,
And that one cry of autumn from a wild-goose at the border,
And he knows that the dews tonight will be frost

POETRY / Spring 1925

A View of the Wilderness

By Tu Fu

Snow whitens mountains westward and the forts of three cities,
Waters from the southern lakes flash on miles of bridge;
Wind and dust from sea to sea shut me from my brothers;