A Chinese gentleman and a delightful few lines from Li Po ending in a wonderful non sequitur:

We both are exalted to distant thought,

Aspiring to the sky and the bright moon.

But since water still flows, though we cut it with our swords,

And sorrows return,though we drown them with wine,

Since the world can in no way answer our craving,

I will loosen my hair tomorrow and take to a fishing-boat. 

Farewell to Secretary Shu-yun at the Hsieh Tiao Villa in Hsuan-Chou