Chinese and Arabian Literature - E. Wilson - The Search For Mecca

BOOK VII*
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THE ODES OF CH'ING
The People's Admiration for Duke Woo
The black robes well your form befit
When they are worn we'll make you new.
Now for your court ! oh ! there we'll sit,
And watch how you your duties do.
And when we to our homes repair,
We'll send to you our richest fare.
Such is the love to you we bear
Those robes well with your virtue match
When they are worn we'll make you new.
Now for your court ! There will we watch,
Well pleased, how you your duties do.
And when we to our homes repair,
We'll send to you our richest fare.
Such is the love to you we bear
Those robes your character beseem
When they are worn we'll make you new.
there we deem
Now for your court ! oh !
It pleasure great your form to view.
And when we to our homes repair.
We'll send to you our richest fare,
Such is the love to you we bear
A Wife Consoled by Her Husband's Arrival
Cold is the wind, fast falls the rain.
The cock aye shrilly crows.
But I have seen my lord again ;
Now must my heart repose.
* [Selections from Books IV., V., and VI., have been omitted.—Editor.]
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