Hsieh Kung's retreat is solitary and still.

No sound of man in the bamboo grove.

The white moon shines in the centre of the unused garden pool.

All round the ruined Summer-house is decaying grass,

Grey mosses choke the abandoned well.

There is only the free, clear wind

Again—again—passing over the stones of the spring.


A TRAVELLER COMES TO THE OLD TERRACE OF SU