The Wan Wang Yew Shing

Oh! the praise of king Wan
Shall for ever endure.
For. the people he sought,
How their rest to make sure.
And his work he beheld
Made complete and secure ;
And our Wan was a sovereign true!

’Twas the gift of high Heaven
That the throne did bestow.
What success Wan achieved,
When great Ts‘ung was laid low !
Fung he called it, and moved
There, his grand state to show;
And our Wan was a sovereign true !

He repaired its old walls,
And the old moat he cleared.
As his sires had oft done,
So his new seat he reared.
Not in haste did he build,
And the son more appeared ;
And our prince was a sovereign true !

Oh! how brightly those walls
Did his merit display !
From all quarters they came,
And would not be said nay.
For to Fung they repaired,
Their true homage to pay ;
And our prince was a sovereign true !

East from Fung flowed the stream
That the same name did bear.
’Twas the work of great Yu
Made the water flow there.
And to Fung the States came,
Woo their king to declare ;
And our king was a sovereign true !

Then to Haou Woo removed,
And the pool-circled hall
There he built, and received
The submission of all.
East, west, north, and south,
Him their monarch they call ;
And our king was a sovereign true!

Having thought of the site,
By the shell Woo divined.
As the shell answer gave,
So the site was assigned.
Thus king Woo dwelt in Haou,
Where his city we find ;
And our Woo was a sovereign true!

Where the Fung water flows,
Is the white millet grown.
In the men Woo employed
How his merit was shown !
To his sons he would leave
His wise plans and his throne;
And our Woo was a sovereign true !