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Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Looking Down in a Spring-rain

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Past the South Gate willows comes the Car of Many Bells 
On the upper Palace-Garden Road-a solid length of blossom; 
A Forbidden City roof holds two phoenixes in cloud; 
The foliage of spring shelters multitudes from rain; 
And now, when the heavens are propitious for action, 
Here is our Emperor ready-no wasteful wanderer....Read more of this...

by Wei, Wang

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