Classic poem of the day
There is not in the wide world a valley so sweet
As that vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet;
Oh! the last rays of feeling and life must depart,
Ere the bloom of that valley shall fade from my heart.
Yet it was not that nature had shed o'er the scene
Her purest of crystal and brightest of green;
'Twas not her soft magic of streamlet or hill,
Oh! no,--it was something more exquisite still.
'Twas that friends, the beloved of my bosom, were......
Member poem of the day
This poem varies the rhythm quite a lot, mixing 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9 character lines and introducing non-standard pauses to change the typical meter. It also has Sao Style (poetry in the style of Li Sao). It takes great literary talent like that of Li Bai to pull this off successfully. The poem is typical of Li Bai’s romantic works, but the theme is unique, being about a dream of a mountain trip.
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