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 THE RUINS OF LO-YANG

By Ts'ao Chih [A. D. 192–233], ''third son of Ts'ao Ts'ao. He was a great favourite with his father till he made a mistake in a campaign. In this poem he returns to look at the ruins of Lo-yang, where he used to live. It had been sacked by Tung Cho.''

The above poem vaguely recalls a famous Anglo-Saxon fragment which I will make intelligible by semi-translation:

"Wondrous was the wall-stone, Weirdly broken; [ 86 ]