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SELECTED POEMS Li Po 701–762

Li Po (Li Bai): Selected Poems

19 public-domain poems · 33 pages · free to read

A short collection of Li Po (Li Bai)’s best-loved poems, laid out as a book you can flip through: cover, contents, one poem to a page, and a note about the poet at the end.

Turn pages with the arrows, arrow keys or a swipe. A− / A+ changes the text size; Esc closes the book.

Contents

  1. To the City of Nan-king (open in book)
  2. Thoughts in a Tranquil Night (open in book)
  3. Drifting (open in book)
  4. Under the Moon (open in book)
  5. Looking at the Moon After Rain (open in book)
  6. Ch'ang Kan (open in book)
  7. Drinking Alone in the Moonlight (open in book)
  8. Saying Good-Bye to a Friend (open in book)
  9. Hearing a Bamboo Flute on a Spring Night in the City of Lo Yang (open in book)
  10. A Traveller Comes to the Old Terrace of Su (open in book)
  11. Thinking of the Frontier (open in book)
  12. Reply to an Unrefined Person Encountered in the Hills (open in book)
  13. Night Thoughts (open in book)
  14. The Moon Over the Mountain Pass (open in book)
  15. At the Yellow Crane Tower, Taking Leave of Mêng Hao Jan on His Departure to Kuang Ling (open in book)
  16. In Deep Thought, Gazing at the Moon (open in book)
  17. A Parting Gift to Wang Lun (open in book)
  18. Passing the Night at the White Heron Island (open in book)
  19. Memories with the Dusk Return (open in book)

The poems in this collection are in the public domain. This is a reading edition, not a Pagine Original.

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