Chinese Poetry in English Verse

by Herbert Allen Giles

Excerpt from Chinese Poetry in English Verse

And then I used to watch and wait To see you passing through the gate; And sometimes when I watched in vain.

Genres: Poetry

217 pages, Paperback

First published September 27, 2015

About the author

Educated at Charterhouse, Herbert Allen Giles was a British diplomat and author of books on China and the Far East. He served as British Vice-consul at Pagoda Island from 1880 to 1883 and at Shanghai from 1883 to 1885. He then became Consul at Tamsui in 1885 and in 1891 at Ningpo. He taught Chinese at Cambridge and, in 1902, became a senior lecturer at Columbia University. His works include Chinese Sketches (1876), Historic China (1882), The Remains of Lao Tzu (1886), China and the Chinese (1902), The Civilization of China (1911), Confucianism and Its Rivals (1915) and The Second Hundred Best Characters (1922).

Reviews

[Sleepydrummer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Are you a poetic soul? Then feast upon these unsung Chinese poets with gorgeous gems such as:

INWARD LIGHT

With wine and flowers we chase the hours,
In one eternal spring:
No moon, no light, to cheer the night,
Thyself that ray must bring.
P'ou Sung-ling
Born A.D. 1622

A joy to discover Herbert A. Giles translations. Published in 1898.

[Sophie Bowns · Rating 4 out of 5]

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