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Poetry · 8th century

Selected Poems of Li Bai

Li Bai

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Poetry · 8th century · Chinese · Medieval

Selected Poems of Li Bai

Li Bai

'Drinking Alone by Moonlight', 'Quiet Night Thought'.

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Improvisatory, weightless, drunk on scale: Li Bai makes the cosmos companionable and loneliness festive.

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