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CLIMBING THE TERRACE OF KUAN-YIN AND LOOKING AT THE CITY

Hundreds of houses, thousands of houses,— like a chessboard.
The twelve streets like a field planted with rows of cabbage.
In the distance perceptible, dim, dim — the fire of approaching dawn;
And a single row of stars lying to the west of the Five Gates.

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