On Yueyang Tower by Tom Sharp

On a tower above Dongting Lake, the world floats below me— Wu to the east, Chu to the south, and I’m alone here as on a boat drifting between heaven and earth.

登岳阳楼 by 杜甫 (Du Fu)

昔闻洞庭水，今上岳阳楼。 吴楚东南坼，乾坤日夜浮。 亲朋无一字，老病有孤舟。 戎马关山北，凭轩涕泗流。