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North country scene:

A hundred leagues locked in ice,

A thousand leagues of whirling snow.

Both side of the Great Wall

One single white immensity.

The Yellow River's swift current

Is stilled from end to end.

The mountains dance silver snakes

And the highland charge like wax-hued elephants.

Vying with heaven in stature.

On a fine day, the land,

Clad in white, adorned in red,

Crows more enchanting.

This land so rich in beauty

Has made countless heroes bow in homage.

But alas! Qin Shihuang and Han Wudi

Were lacking in literary grace,

And Tang Taizong and Song Taizu

Had little poetry in their souls;

That proud son of Heaven,

Genghis Khan,

Knew only shooting eagles, bow outstretched.

All are past and gone!

For truly great men

Look to this age alone.