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So bright a gleam on the foot of my bed


© 2006
BASID #692

Beth Ames Swartz
So bright a gleam on the foot of my bed
acrylic and paste on canvas
18" x 24" (0.46m x 0.61m)
2006

Words in blue visible in painted frame


Li Bai
(701 - 762 A.C.E., Chinese); also Romanized Li Po.


In the Quiet Night

So bright a gleam on the foot of my bed –
Could there have been a frost already?
Lifting myself to look, I found that it was moonlight.

Sinking back again, I thought suddenly of home