| INTRODUCTION | xix |
| LI T'AI-PO. (A.D. 701-762) |
| Songs of the Marches | 1 |
| Battle to the South of the City | 5 |
| The Perils of the Shu Road | 6 |
| Looking at the Moon After Rain | 9 |
| The Lonely Wife | 10 |
| The Pleasures Within the Palace | 12 |
| The Young Girls of YÜeh | 13 |
| Written in the Character of a Beautiful Woman | 14 |
| Songs to the Peonies | 16 |
| Spring Grief and Resentment | 18 |
| The Palace Woman and the Dragon Robes | 19 |
| The Nanking Wine-Shop | 20 |
| FÊng Huang T'ai | 21 |
| The Northern Flight | 22 |
| Fighting to the South of the City | 24 |
| The Crosswise River | 26 |
| On Hearing the Buddhist Priest Play his Table-Lute | 27 |
| Ch'ang Kan | 28 |
| Sorrow During a Clear Autumn | 30 |
| Poignant Grief During a Sunny Spring | 32 |
| Two Poems Written to Ts'ui (the Official) | 34 |
| Sent as a Parting Gift to the Second Official | 35 |
| The Song of the White Clouds | 36 |
| Wind-Bound at the New Forest Reach | 37 |
| At the Ancestral Shrine of King Yao | 38 |
| Drinking Alone in the Moonlight. I | 39 |
| Drinking Alone in the Moonlight. II | 40 |
| Statement of Resolutions After Being Drunk | 41 |
| River Chant | 42 |
| Separated by Imperial Summons | 44 |
| A Woman Sings | 46 |
| The Palace Woman and the Soldiers' Cook | 47 |
| The Sorrel Horse | 48 |
| A Beautiful Woman Encountered on a Field-Path | 49 |
| Saying Good-Bye to a Friend | 50 |
| Descending the Extreme South Mountain | 51 |
| The Terraced Road | 52 |
| Hearing a Bamboo Flute in the City of Lo Yang | 54 |
| The Retreat of Hsieh Kung | 55 |
| A Traveller Comes to the Old Terrace of Su | 56 |
| The Rest-House on the Clear Wan River | 57 |
| Drinking Song | 58 |
| Answer to an Affectionate Invitation | 60 |
| Parrot Island | Thanks are due to the editors of The North American Review, The Bookman, The Dial, The New York Evening Post, Poetry, and Asia, for permission to reprint poems which have already appeared in their magazines.
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