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The Oxherding Pictures 1
SEARCHING FOR THE OX
Searching for his ox in vain,
The solitary oxherd
Hears nothing but
The empty voices of the cicadas.
In the summer mountain
Where the ox is out of sight,
Only the cicadas are heard,
Singing among the trees.