As the seasons have dealt with this ancient terrace,
So autumn breaks my homesick heart.mw-parser-output .nowrap,.mw-parser-output .nowrap a:before,.mw-parser-output .nowrap .selflink:before{white-space:nowrap}. . . .
"Few pilgrims venture climbing to a temple so wild,
Up from the lake, in the mountain clouds.
. . . Sunset clings in the old defences,
A stone gong shivers through the empty woods.
. . . Of the Southern Dynasty, what remains?
Nothing but the great River.