Four Poems of Departure
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eparation on the River Kiang 85 Taking Leave of a Friend 85 Leave-taking near Shoku 86 The City of Choan 87 South Folk in Cold Country 88 Sennin Poem by Kakuhaku 89 A Ballad of the Mulberry Road 90 Old Idea of Choan by Rosoriu 91 To-Em-Mei’s “The Unmoving Cloud” 93 Near Perigord 95 Villanelle: The Psychological Hour 104 Dans un Omnibus de Londres 107 To a Friend Writing on Cabaret Dancers 109 Homage to Quintus Septimius Florentis Christianus 113 Fish and the Shadow 115
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