King Seuen On The Occasion Of A Great Drought (Confucius Poems)
Grand shone the Milky Way on high, With brilliant span athwart the sky, Nor promise gave of rain. King ...
Grand shone the Milky Way on high, With brilliant span athwart the sky, Nor promise gave of rain. King ...
Forth from the city in our cars we drove, Until we halted at the pasture ground. The general came, ...
The royal Wan now rests on high, Enshrined in brightness of the sky. Chow as a state had long been ...
On yonder banks a palace, lo! upshoots, The tender blue of southern hill behind; Firm-founded, like the bamboo's clamping ...
The east wind gently blows, With cloudy skies and rain. 'Twixt man and wife should ne'er be strife, ...
Our chariots were well-built and firm, Well-matched our steeds, and fleet and strong. Four, sleek and large, each chariot ...
The russet pear-tree stands there all alone; How bright the growth of fruit upon it shown! The King's affairs no ...
Heaven shields and sets thee fast. It round thee fair has cast Thy virtue pure. Thus richest joy is ...
On dashed my four steeds, without halt, without stay, Though toilsome and winding from Chow was the way. I wished ...
The wild geese fly the bushy oaks around, With clamor loud. _Suh-suh_ their wings resound, As for their feet poor ...
As the young millet, by the genial rain Enriched, shoots up luxuriant and tall, So, when we southward marched ...
My way leads forth by the gate on the north; My heart is full of woe. I hav'n't a ...
How goes the night? For heavy morning sleep Ill suits the king who men would loyal keep. The courtyard, ruddy ...
Like the blueflies buzzing round, And on the fences lighting, Are the sons of slander found, Who never ...
The dew lies heavy all around, Nor, till the sun shines, leaves the ground. Far into night we feasting sit; ...
My offerings here are given, A ram, a bull. Accept them, mighty Heaven, All-bountiful. Thy statutes, O great ...
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