Bathed and Washed

Portrait of Li Po
Li Po 701–762

"Bathed in fragrance, do not brush your hat; Washed in perfume, do not shake your coat:

"Knowing the world fears what is too pure, The wisest man prizes and stores light!"

By Bluewater an old angler sat: You and I together, Let us go home.

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