Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
Bound Home to Mount SungWitter Bynner and Kiang Kung-hu, trans.
From “Poems by Wang Wei”
From the Chinese
From the Chinese
T
Flowing slowly as my chariot,
Seems a fellow-voyager
Returning with the evening-birds.
A ruined city-wall overtops an old ferry,
Autumn sunset floods the peaks….
Far away, beside Mount Sung,
I shall rest and close my door.