THE SHE KING; OR, THE BOOK OF ANCIENT POETRY

74' THE BOOK OF FOETEY.
To be with us she thought it shame ;
Ere long she knew she was to blame.
3 The T'o streams, from the river led,
Mow devious, and rejoin its bed.
When first we saw our lady here,
She would not deign us to come near.
She would not deign us to come near j
But to a song she changed her sneer.
XII.
The fay yew sze Jteun ; allusive and narrative.
LAUY EESISTS THE ATTEMPTS OP A SEDUCEB.
[PAET I.
A VIBTUOUS YOUNG
1 In the wild lies an antelope dead,
Wrapt up in a mat of white grass.
With her thoughts of the spring comes a maid,
Whom a treacherous fop watches pass.
2 Scrubby oaks grow the forest around;
In the wild there lies stretched a dead deer,
Close and tight with the white matting bound.
As a gem see the maiden appear.
3 " Hold thy hand, and beware, Sir," she cries.
" Be thou civil, and haste not to wrong.
Meddle not with my handkerchiefs ties.
Do not make my dog bark. Pass along."
Kill.
The Ho pe nung; allusive. THE MAEEIAGE OF ONE OF THE EOYAL
PEINCESSES.
1 Of flowers in clusters large and gay,
How bright the sparrow-plum's display !
In reverent harmony on glide
The chariots of the royal bride.
2 These flowers their clusters large and gay,
As of the peach or plum display.
This grand-child of the Peaceful king
Joy to the marquis5 son shall bring.
BE II. XIV.] THE BOOK OF FOETET.
3 As threads of silk together twine,
To form the angler's faithful line;
So may the union close abide
Of gallant prince and royal bride !
XIV.
The Tsow-yu : narrative. CELEBRATING SOME PRINCE IN THE
SOUTH FOB HIS BENEVOLENCE.
This interpretation of the piece depends on the meaning of the words
Tsorv-yu in the third line. Both Maou and Choo take these as the name
of a wild beast, " a righteous beast, a white tiger with black spots, which
does not tread on live grass, and does not eat any living thing, making
its appearance when a State is ruled by a prince of perfect benevolence
and sincerity." This view of them has been called in question, but the
concluding ode of Book i. is decisive in favour of its substantial correct
ness.
1 Five boars collect where grow the rushes rank and
strong;
He only sends one arrow all the five among.
Oh! the Tsow-yu is he !
'2 Five pigs collect where grows the mugwort rank and
strong;
He only sends one arrow all the five among.
Oh ! the Tsow-yu is he !
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