Great Regulars: The first libretto, "Songs in Time of War",

is a compilation of 11 poems taken from [Vikram] Seth's translations of the 8th-century Chinese poet Du Fu. The language has a remarkably direct, almost naive fullness of rhythm and rhyme ("From Changan walls white-headed crows took flight/And cawed upon the Western Gate at night").

from Charles Bainbridge: The Guardian: Poetry: in brief

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