by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906)

Language: English 
Our translations:  CHI
A cloud fell down from the heavens,
  And broke on the mountain's brow;
It scattered the dusky fragments
  All over the vale below.

The moon and the stars were anxious
  To know what its fate might be;
So they rushed to the azure op'ning,
  And all peered down to see.

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  • CHI Chinese (中文) (Dr Huaixing Wang) , "繁星之夜", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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