Silk Road by Jeanne Larsen

Author:Jeanne Larsen [Larsen, Jeanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: China, fiction, Legends, History
ISBN: 074930524X
Publisher: Mandarin
Published: 1989-05-23T23:00:00+00:00

In Chang-an, Thinking of

the Western Borderlands

I Winter’s moonlight frosts the city roofs.

While colder rays fall clear beyond Jade Pass.

The ice of home hangs down from gilded eaves:

I dream of fires in far-off garrisons.

II Signal beacons shine ten thousand miles

Where Chinese troops subdue a barbarous land.

Sand covers over pallid heaps of bone.

Yet winds of longing chill this peaceful town.

III I know the seasons of the distant west:

The snow-fed rivers’ surge, the great heat’s end.

There, subtle spring greens late down thin arroyos.

But when, in Chang-an, do the pale plums bloom?

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