{"collection":"cfu","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cfu/bop/bop306.htm","path":"cfu/bop/bop306.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cfu/bop/bop306.htm","text":"The Book of Poetry, tr. by James Legge, [1876]\n2\u00a0\u00a0On the wide plains, our frontiers near,\n \u00a0\u00a0The stallions, sleek and large, appear.\n \u00a0\u00a0Those stallions, sleek and large, are seen;\n \u00a0\u00a0Some piebald,\u2014white and flushed with green,\n \u00a0\u00a0And others white, with yellow sheen;\n \u00a0\u00a0Some chestnuts; and some dapple gray:\u2014\n \u00a0\u00a0From carriage teams strong horses they!\n To the duke's thoughts no limit can we set;\n Turned to his steeds, such is the strength they get!\n3\u00a0\u00a0On the wide plains, our frontiers near,\n \u00a0\u00a0The stallions, sleek and large, appear.\n \u00a0\u00a0Oh! sleek and large, those sprightly males!\n \u00a0\u00a0Some that appear as flecked with scales;\n \u00a0\u00a0Some black, with manes of spotless white;\n \u00a0\u00a0Some white or red, manes dark as night:\u2014\n \u00a0\u00a0In carriage yoked, obedient quite!\n The duke's thoughts never cease and never tire;\n Turned to his steeds, lo! thus they rule their fire! p. 464\n4\u00a0\u00a0On the wide plains, our frontiers near,\n \u00a0\u00a0The stallions, sleek and large, appear.\n \u00a0\u00a0Oh! sleek and large, those stallions bright!\n \u00a0\u00a0Cream-colored, some; some, red and white;\n \u00a0\u00a0Some, with white hairy legs; with eyes\n \u00a0\u00a0Like those of fishes, some:\u2014men prize\n \u00a0\u00a0Such horses, grand in strength and size.\n His thoughts without depravity, our prince\n Thinks of his steeds, and such powers they evince!","title":"The Book of Poetry: Book II. The Praise Odes of Lu: I. Kung","type":"page"}