Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
On the Classic of the Hills and SeaFlorence Ayscough and Amy Lowell, trans.
From “Chinese Written Wall Pictures”
T’ao Ch’ien—Fourth Century
T’ao Ch’ien—Fourth Century
I
Upon the sun-slopes
Of Mount Mi
It pushes out its yellow flowers
And rounds its crimson fruit.
Eat it and you will live forever.
It shimmers with the curious light of gems.
Does the Yellow Emperor regard these things
Because it is the fashion to do so
Among people of importance?