I turn my body and gaze longingly towards the West.

* * * * *

[When Li Po came to the capital and showed this poem to Ho Chih-ch’ang,

Chih-ch’ang raised his eyebrows and said: “Sir, you are not a man of

this world. You must indeed be the genius of the star T’ai-po” (xxxiv.

36).]

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