Crane Poems

Crane Poems

The Last Tournament, by Alfred Tennyson

Dagonet, the fool, whom Gawain in his mood
H...

An Autumn View, by Du Fu

Across our view no bounds clear Autumn throws.
...

Dreaming of Li Bai, by Du Fu

I If death parts us, the tears will dry one d...

The Cremona Violin, by Amy Lowell

Part First Frau Concert-Meister Altgelt shut t...

The Great Adventure of Max Breuck, by Amy Lowell

1 A yellow band of light upon the street
Pour...

Going Alone to Spend a Night at the Hsien-Yu Temple, by Bai Juyi

A.D. 806 The crane from the shore standing at ...

On the Ship of Spice-Wood, by Li Bai

My ship is built of spice-wood and has a rudder...

The Steep Road to Shuh, by Li Bai

Alas! How precipitous! Alas! How high!
The roa...

Chorus of Birds, by Aristophanes

Come on then, ye, dwellers by Nature in darkn...

The Sand-Hill Crane and Other Wild Fowl of Mexico, by Isaac McLellan

Here in this genial Mexic land,
Where soft is...

The White Crane, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

Spread out thy ivory wings, bird of the waters...