{"collection":"cfu","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cfu/bop/bop205.htm","path":"cfu/bop/bop205.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cfu/bop/bop205.htm","text":"The Book of Poetry, tr. by James Legge, [1876]\n2Men grave and wise a cup may take,\n \u00a0\u00a0And reason hold her sway.\n But men benighted taste, and grow\n \u00a0\u00a0More set on drink each day.\n Let all deportment good maintain;\n Heaven's gift once lost we ne\u2019er regain.\n3All o\u2019er the plain they gather beans,\n \u00a0\u00a0Which they will sow again.\n The grubs hatched on the mulberry tree\n \u00a0\u00a0The sphex bears off to train.\n Teach carefully your sons at home,\n And good as you they will become.\n4Look at the wagtails! Quick they leap,\n \u00a0\u00a0And twitter as they fly.\n Let us as active be, for days\n \u00a0\u00a0And months go swiftly by.\n Rise early, and go late to sleep;\n The name you bear in honor keep.\n5The green peaks, driven by pinching want,\n \u00a0\u00a0Frequent the yards for grain. p. 254\n Alas for poor and lonely folks,\n \u00a0\u00a0Whom prison walls restrain!\n I sprinkle rice around my door,\n And to be good, Heaven's aid implore.\n6We must be meek, and cautious move,\n \u00a0\u00a0As we were perched on trees.\n We must be anxious, and take care,\n \u00a0\u00a0As near a precipice.\n We must put down our feet as nice,\n As if we trod on thinnest ice.","title":"The Book of Poetry: Book V. The Decade of Hsiao Min: II. Hsiao Y\u00fcan","type":"page"}