{"collection":"cfu","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cfu/bop/bop214.htm","path":"cfu/bop/bop214.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cfu/bop/bop214.htm","text":"The Book of Poetry, tr. by James Legge, [1876]\n2Where\u2019er their arch the heavens expand,\n \u00a0\u00a0The king can claim the land below.\n Within the seabounds of the land,\n \u00a0\u00a0All at his summons come or go.\n His ministers unfairly act;\n They praise me, but with toils distract. p. 274\n3Four ceaseless steeds my care engage;\n \u00a0\u00a0The king's affairs no rest allow.\n They say I bear no trace of age,\n \u00a0\u00a0While few, they think, such vigor show.\n While my backbone remains unbent,\n In work my life must still be spent.\n4Some rest in careless ease, supine;\n \u00a0\u00a0Some for the state themselves wear out.\n On softest couches some recline;\n \u00a0\u00a0Others, unhalting, march about.\n5Some never hear a clamorous sound;\n \u00a0\u00a0Others toil on \u2019midst rude alarms.\n Some idle on their backs are found;\n \u00a0\u00a0And some bear loads with head and arms.\n6Some feast, and fearless seek new joys;\n \u00a0\u00a0Some live in constant dread of blame.\n Some the harsh critic's work employs;\n \u00a0\u00a0Others their numerous duties claim.","title":"The Book of Poetry: Book VI. The Decade of Pei Shan: I. Pei Shan","type":"page"}