{"collection":"cfu","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cfu/bop/bop261.htm","path":"cfu/bop/bop261.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cfu/bop/bop261.htm","text":"The Book of Poetry, tr. by James Legge, [1876]\n2\"You roam, with jocund spirits blest,\n And now, serene, at ease you rest,\n \u00a0\u00a0O happy, courteous king!\n May you your destined years fulfill,\n And, like your noble fathers still,\n \u00a0\u00a0Life to good issue bring!\n3\"How vast and glorious is your realm,\n Where peace sits steadfast at the helm,\n \u00a0\u00a0O happy, courteous lord!\n May you your destined years complete,\n While ever as their host you treat\n \u00a0\u00a0All spirits at your board!\n4\"Heaven to your sires assigned the crown,\n To you \u2019mid greatest peace come down,\n \u00a0\u00a0O happy, courteous king!\n Through all your term of years, may joy\n And happiness without alloy,\n \u00a0\u00a0Their charm around you fling! p. 378\n5\"Men filial proved, and virtuous, stand\n Near to your throne on either hand,\n \u00a0\u00a0Wise guidance to afford.\n Like wings they bear you up on high,\n Where you their pattern all descry,\n \u00a0\u00a0O happy, courteous lord!\n6\"Like mace of jade, pure, clear, and strong,\n What majesty and grace belong\n \u00a0\u00a0To those, your helpers true!\n The hope of all, their praise all sing.\n Through them, O courteous, happy king,\n \u00a0\u00a0The nation's guide are you.\n7\"See how the ph\u0153nixes appear,\n And their wings rustle on the ear,\n \u00a0\u00a0As now they settle down!\n Such are those noble men who wait,\n O happy king, upon your state,\n \u00a0\u00a0The servants of your crown! p. 379\n8\"The male and female ph\u0153nix, lo!\n With rustling wings about they go,\n \u00a0\u00a0Then up to heaven they soar.\n Such are those noble men who stand,\n Prompt to obey your least command;\u2014\n \u00a0\u00a0None love your people more.\n9\"Hark how the ph\u0153nixes emit\n Their notes, as on that ridge they sit!\n \u00a0\u00a0There the dryandras grow,\n And on its eastern slope they rise\n With richer growth; and thence the cries\n \u00a0\u00a0Sweet and still sweeter flow!\n10\"Numerous your chariots! Fleet your steeds,\n And trained! Your name for noble deeds\n \u00a0\u00a0Shall be renowned for long.\n O king, these verses I have made,\n And humbly at your feet they're laid,\n \u00a0\u00a0Inspired by your own song.\"","title":"The Book of Poetry: Book II. Decade of Sh\u00eang Min: VIII. Ch\u00fcan O","type":"page"}