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 [39] THE SPRING RIVER

and cold, dusk and dawn have crowded one upon the other; Suddenly I find it is two years since I came to Chung-chou. Through my closed doors I hear nothing but the morning and evening drum; From my upper windows all I see is the ships that come and go. In vain the orioles tempt me with their song to stray beneath the flowering trees; In vain the grasses lure me by their colour to sit beside the pond. There is one thing and one alone I never tire of watching— The spring river as it trickles over the stones and babbles past the rocks. [70]