秦觀的《望海潮·洛陽懷古》此詞的藝術特色主要是，其一，結構別具一格，上片先寫今后寫昔，下片先承上寫昔后再寫今，憶昔部分貫通上下兩片。

　　望海潮·洛陽懷古

　　宋代：秦觀

　　梅英疏淡，冰澌溶泄，東風暗換年華。金谷俊游，銅駝巷陌，新晴細履平沙。長記誤隨車。正絮翻蝶舞，芳思交加。柳下桃蹊，亂分春色到人家。

　　西園夜飲鳴笳。有華燈礙月，飛蓋妨花。蘭苑未空，行人漸老，重來是事堪嗟。煙暝酒旗斜。但倚樓極目，時見棲鴉。無奈歸心，暗隨流水到天涯。

　　譯文

　　梅花稀疏，色彩輕淡，冰雪正在消融，春風吹拂暗暗換了年華。想昔日金谷勝游的園景，銅駝街巷的繁華，趁新晴漫步在雨后平沙?？傆浀迷`追了人家香車，正是柳絮翻飛蝴蝶翩舞，引得春思繚亂交加。柳蔭下桃花小徑，亂紛紛將春色送到萬戶千家。

　　西園夜里宴飲，樂工們吹奏起胡笳。繽紛高掛的華燈遮掩了月色，飛馳的車蓋碰損了繁花?；▓@尚未凋殘，游子卻漸生霜發，重來舊地事事感慨吁嗟。暮靄里一面酒旗斜掛?？找袠强v目遠眺，時而看見棲樹歸鴉。見此情景，我油然而生歸隱之心，神思已暗自隨著流水奔到天涯。

　　英譯

　　Wanghaichang of Qinguan

　　Plum blossom sparse quietly elegant, ice and snow melt flow, the time the spring breeze fans. Want to change secretly former JinGu - to swim, copper round again, while the bustling street walking in the rain new sunny. Always remember pingsha followed by somebody else, is now LiuXu jiaqi that spring, slender butterfly dances. LiuYin nowadays think cao under LuanFenFen will spring blossom path, WanHuQianGu. West circle to drink, gathering night play HuJia, colorful lights hung high sped up the moonlight, the trunk lid. The garden flowers touch damage fades, but Chinese is water, are frost to JiuDe everything in the evening with a caravan jie. XieGua flag, empty wine on hug, sometimes see habitat tournelle to crow. My tree compares with water, has been secretly intolerable to the running.