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Wednesday, 22 December 2021

Parting from the Eldest Youth of the Tung Family - Kao-Shih

Long leagues of tawny sky shut out the day:
On the North Wind wind geese are whirled:
And fast, fast drives of snow.

Yet dread not loneliness upon thy way.
What name is there in the whole world
That thy name will not know?

Kao-Shih (8th Century) China
Translated by L. Cramner-Byng (?)

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