Snow
North country scene:
A hundred leagues locked in ice,
A thousand leagues of whirling snow.
Both side of the Great
One single white immensity.
The Yellow River's swift
Is stilled from end to end.
The mountains dance silver
And the highland charge like wax-hued elephants.
Vying with heaven in stature.
On a fine day, the land,
Clad in white, adorned in red,
Crows more enchanting.
This land so rich in
Has made countless heroes bow in homage.
But alas!
Qin Shihuang and Han
Were lacking in literary grace,
And Tang Taizong and Song
Had little poetry in their souls;
That proud son of Heaven,
Genghis Khan,
Knew only shooting eagles, bow outstretched.
All are past and gone!
For truly great
Look to this age alone.
Mao Zedong
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The Warlords Clash
Sudden veer of wind and Showering misery through the land, The warlords are clashing anew —Yet another Millet Dream Red banners leap over Ting
Reply to Li Shuyi
I lost my proud Poplar and you your Willow, Poplar and Willow soar to the Ninth Heaven Wu Gang, asked what he can give, Serves them a laurel brew
March from Tingzhou to Changsha
In June Heaven's armies chastise the corrupt and evil, Seeking to bind roc and whale with a league-long cord Red glows the far side of the River Gan, Thanks to our wing under Huang Gonglyue
Mount Liupan
The sky is high, the clouds are pale, We watch the wild geese vanish southward If we fail to reach the Great Wall we are not men, We who have already measured twenty thousand li