Twenty-Two Rhymes To Left-Prime-Minister Wei
Boys in fancy clothes never starve,but Confucian scholars often find their lives in ruin
Please listen to my explanation,
Sir,
I, your humble student, ask permission to state my case
Boys in fancy clothes never starve,but Confucian scholars often find their lives in ruin
Please listen to my explanation,
Sir,
I, your humble student, ask permission to state my case
Even the shrewd and bitter,
Gnarled by the old world's greed,
Cherished the stranger softly Seeing his utter need
Shelter and patient hearing,
Plurality is all
I walk among the restaurants, the theatres, the grocery stores;
I ride the cars and hear of Mrs
Bedford’s teeth and Albuquerque, strikes unsettled, someone’s simply marvelous date, news of the German Jews, the baseb...
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