The Ts‘ae Fan

Around the pools, the islets o’er,
Fast she plucks white southernwood,
To help the sacrificial store ;
And for our prince does service good.

Where streams among the valleys shine,
Of southernwoods she plucks the white;
And brings it to the sacred shrine,
To aid our prince in solemn rite.

In head-dress high, most reverent, she
The temple seeks at early dawn.
The service o’er, the head-dress see
To her own chamber slow withdrawn.