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O yes! the Spirit of king Ching,
‘When we inquired of him, drew nigh,
And clearly told us when to bring
The gifts that now before him hie.
Lead forth your men, with energy
O’er their own fields to sow the grain.
Those, in each square of thirty le,
Ten thousand families can maintain.

Now let the ploughs turn up the soil,
The men attending, pair by pair.
The harvest will repay their toil ;—
The bounteous produce all shall share.