{"collection":"cfu","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cfu/bop/bop248.htm","path":"cfu/bop/bop248.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cfu/bop/bop248.htm","text":"The Book of Poetry, tr. by James Legge, [1876]\n2From the large cup of jade\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Fragrant spirits down flow.\n Self-possession and ease\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Did our prince ever show.\n Could there but on him descend\n Rank and blessing without end? p. 344\n3\u00a0\u00a0Up to heaven flies the hawk;\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Fishes spring in the deep.\n \u00a0\u00a0Self-possession and ease\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Did our prince ever keep.\n Grand the influence he shed,\n As those virtues he displayed!\n4\u00a0\u00a0In the vessel behold\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0How his spirits shine clear!\n \u00a0\u00a0The red bull is ready,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Nor the knife views with fear.\n Thus he paid the sacred rite,\n Brighter blessing to invite!\n5\u00a0\u00a0Oaks and shrubs thickly grow,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Which for firewood men hew.\n \u00a0\u00a0Self-possession and ease\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In our prince all could view.\n Spirits cheered him in his course,\n Nerving him with secret force.\n6\u00a0\u00a0How the creepers close twine\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Round the branches and stems!\n \u00a0\u00a0Self-possession and ease\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Robed our prince as with gems.\n Happiness increased unsought,\n Nor by crooked ways was bought.","title":"The Book of Poetry: Book I. Decade of King W\u00ean: V. Han Lu","type":"page"}