{"collection":"cfu","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cfu/bop/bop247.htm","path":"cfu/bop/bop247.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cfu/bop/bop247.htm","text":"The Book of Poetry, tr. by James Legge, [1876]\n2In grace and grandeur shone our prince and king.\n At sacrifice his ministers all bring\n \u00a0\u00a0Their cups, each handle half a mace.\n Solemn and grave, on left and right they stand,\n And pour libations with a reverent hand;\u2014\n \u00a0\u00a0Well do such men the service grace!\n3Upon the king the boats are borne along,\n As to their oars the rowers bend, and strong\n \u00a0\u00a0Impel them to their utmost speed.\n So marched our king in his avenging wrath,\n His six hosts swiftly following on his path;\u2014\n \u00a0\u00a0How could his plans fail to succeed?\n4The Milky Way reveals its span on high,\n With light and beauty bright\u2019ning all the sky;\u2014\n \u00a0\u00a0Men view it with admiring gaze.\n Long lived the king, and lasting influence shed\n Throughout the land, where his great son displayed\n \u00a0\u00a0The glorious issues of his ways.\n5The vessels, formed of metal and of jade,\n By graver's tools are still more precious made;\u2014\n \u00a0\u00a0With grace their worth is thus combined. p. 343\n Unceasing were the labors of our king;\n East, west, north, south, his laws and rules shall bring\n \u00a0\u00a0The reverent homage of each mind.","title":"The Book of Poetry: Book I. Decade of King W\u00ean: IV. Y\u00fc Po","type":"page"}