{"collection":"cfu","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cfu/bop/bop154.htm","path":"cfu/bop/bop154.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cfu/bop/bop154.htm","text":"The Book of Poetry, tr. by James Legge, [1876]\n2Like pelicans, upon the dam\n Which stand, and there their pouches cram,\n \u00a0\u00a0Unwet the while their wings,\n Are those who their rich dress display,\n But no befitting service pay,\n \u00a0\u00a0Intent on meanest things.\n3Like pelicans which eager watch\n Upon the dam, their prey to catch,\n \u00a0\u00a0And spare to wet the beak,\n Are those who richest favors share,\n But take no part in toil or care,\n \u00a0\u00a0Nor the state's welfare seek. p. 165\n4Like grass luxuriant on its side,\n While morning mists the south hill hide,\n \u00a0\u00a0These creatures seem to grow;\n But men of worth, like virtuous maid,\n Lovely but poor, denied wealth's aid,\n \u00a0\u00a0No recognition know.","title":"The Book of Poetry: Book XIV. The Odes of Ts\u2018ao: II. Hou J\u00ean","type":"page"}