While two ladies of the Imperial harem held before him a screen of pink silk, and a P'in Concubine knelt with his ink-slab, Li Po, who was very drunk, wrote an impassioned poem to the moon.
Profiles from China
Song Cycle by Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912 - 1990)
1. Poetics  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Authorship:
- by Eunice Tietjens, née Hammond (1884 - 1944), "Poetics", from Profiles from China, first published 1917
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]2. A Lament of Scarlet Cloud  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
O golden night, lit by the flame of seven stars, the years have drunk you too.
Authorship:
- by Eunice Tietjens, née Hammond (1884 - 1944), "A Lament of Scarlet Cloud", from Profiles from China, first published 1917
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]3. The dream  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
When he had tasted in a dream of the Ten Courts of Purgatory, Doctor Tseng was humbled in spirit, and passed his life in piety among the foot-hills.
Authorship:
- by Eunice Tietjens, née Hammond (1884 - 1944), "The dream", from Profiles from China, first published 1917
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]4. Crepuscule  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Like the patter of rain on the crisp leaves of autumn are the tiny footfalls of the fox-maidens.
Authorship:
- by Eunice Tietjens, née Hammond (1884 - 1944), "Crepuscule", from Profiles from China, first published 1917
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]5. The Son of Heaven  [sung text not yet checked]
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Like this frail and melancholy rain is the memory of the Emperor Kuang-Hsue, and of his sufferings at the hand of Yehonala. Yet under heaven was there found no one to avenge him. Now he has mounted the Dragon and has visited the Nine Springs. His betrayer sits upon the Dragon Throne. Yet among the shades may he not take comfort from the presence of his Pearl Concubine?
Authorship:
- by Eunice Tietjens, née Hammond (1884 - 1944), "The Son of Heaven", from Profiles from China, first published 1917
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Total word count: 166