The bright moon lifts from the Mountain of Heaven <br />In an infinite haze of cloud and sea, <br />And the wind, that has come a thousand miles, <br />Beats at the Jade Pass battlements.... <br />China marches its men down Baideng Road <br />While Tartar troops peer across blue waters of the bay.... <br />And since not one battle famous in history <br />Sent all its fighters back again, <br />The soldiers turn round, looking toward the border, <br />And think of home, with wistful eyes, <br />And of those tonight in the upper chambers <br />Who toss and sigh and cannot rest.<br /><br />Li Po<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-moon-at-the-fortified-pass/
