Gazing at Mount Tai

Du Fu (Tang Dynasty) How magnificent then art thou, Mount Tai? Astride two states green ranges rise sky-high. Nature in her well-wrought masterpiece took pride; thy light and shade on opposite slopes divide. The masses of rising vapors broaden my breast, my eyes strained for birds winging to their nest. Surely will I reach the mountain top some day, and thus watch the hills in miniature lay.