| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Harmonizing a Poem by Palace-attendant Kuo | | By Witter Bynner and Kiang Kung-hu, trans. |
| | From “Poems by Wang Wei”
From the Chinese
HIGH beyond the thick wall a tower shines with sunset, | |
| Where peach and plum are blooming and willow-cotton flies. | |
| You have heard it in your office, the court-bell of twilight: | |
| Birds discover perches, officials head for home. | |
| Your morning-jade will tinkle as you thread the golden palace, | 5 |
| You will bring the word of heaven from the closing gates at night. | |
| And I should serve there with you; but, being full of years, | |
| I have put aside official robes and am resting from my ills. | | | | |
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