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 [30] RAIN

I lived a stranger in the City of Hsün-yang Hour by hour bitter rain has poured. On few days has the dark sky cleared; In listless sleep I have spent much time. The lake has widened till it almost joins the sky; The clouds sink till they touch the water's face. Beyond my hedge I hear the boatmen's talk; At the street-end I hear the fisher's song. Misty birds are lost in yellow air; Windy sails kick the white waves. In front of my gate the horse and carriage-way In a single night has turned into a river-bed. [58]