The snow is white on the far frontier hills,

The clouds are yellow over the misty frontier sea.

I strike with my leather whip, there are ten thousand li to go.

How can I accomplish it, thinking of Spring in the Women's Apartments?


A POEM GIVEN TO A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN ENCOUNTERED ON A FIELD-PATH

BY LI T'AI-PO

The magnificent horse, galloping swiftly, tramples the fallen flower.

Down comes the riding-whip, straight down—it strikes the Five Cloud Cart.