Four manuscript translations by Arthur Waley of Chinese poems.
Four poems: 'The pedlar of spells' by Lu Yu and 'Drinking wine number 9', 'Shady, shady, the wood in front of the hall' and 'A long time ago I went on a journey' by Ta'o Ch'ien.
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The poems appear in a revised form in Arthur Waley