"大漠沙如雪，燕山月似钩。 何当金络脑，快走踏清秋。"
— Li He
January 1, 1970
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Tang dynasty poets
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The desert sands look white as snow; The crescent moon hangs like a bow. When would the steed in golden gear Gallop all night through autumn clear? — "Twenty-three Horse Poems", 5 (《马诗二十三首（其五）》), in Song of the Immortals: An Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry, trans. Xu Yuanchong (Penguin Books, 1994), p. 91
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The desert sands look white as snow; The crescent moon hangs like a bow. When would the steed in golden gear Gallop all night through autumn clear? — "Twenty-three Horse Poems", 5 (《马诗二十三首（其五）》), in Song of the Immortals: An Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry, trans. Xu Yuanchong (Penguin Books, 1994), p. 91