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A Feast of Lanterns, by L. Cranmer-Byng, [1916]
p. 81
LIU CH‘ANG
CIRCA A.D. 1150
AUTUMN THOUGHTS
Moonlight! the floating mists are gone, a wind
unveils the deep clear night.
Star rivals star, and the silver river draws to her
breast the dreamy light.
Gaunt old trees cast shadows on the plain;
Little birds hushed by fear are stirring, singing
again,
And my heart is a tumult of song
And a torrent of wild wings shaking free.
Home, home, home—I hear the long
Shrill of the far cicada calling me.
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