Louise S. Hammond, trans. Night-time in Spring. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22.

Night-time in Spring

By Louise S. Hammond, trans.

From “Poems from the Chinese”
In the original syllabic and rhyme scheme, to accompany the Chinese chanting tunes.

By Wang An-Shih (Sung Dynasty)

SILENCE reigns where sound has been;
Chill the breeze, half soft, half keen;
While the moon through sleepless hours
Shifts dark blossoms up the screen.