"大漠沙如雪，燕山月似钩。 何当金络脑，快走踏清秋。"

"鬼哭復何益 仗劍明秋水 兇威屢脅逼 強梟噬母心 犇厲索人魄"

"報君黃金臺上意，提攜玉龍為君死。"

"Early editions of Li He’s poetry appear under a wide range of titles, but this term [geshi 歌詩, or "song-poems"] recur…"

"海内存知己， 天涯若比邻。"

"故人西辞黄鹤楼，烟花三月下扬州。 孤帆远影碧空尽，惟见长江天际流。"

"移舟泊煙渚，日暮客愁新；野曠天低樹，江清月近人。"

"寥落古行宫，宫花寂寞红。 白头宫女在，闲坐说玄宗。"

"公之斯文若元气， 先时已入人肝脾。"

"What Li Shangyin's poems are about I cannot determine. I cannot even explain the literal meaning line by line. Yet I …"