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5/1/2016 11:31:08 AM

Dorothy Yuan
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Homeward Bound

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I ride a craft on green waters.
Between far banks lapped by calm tides
Swiftly the wind fills the sails.

As the rising sun cast away the night
new spring dispels the year gone by.
Sending tidings via returning geese.
Iam approaching home at last.

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