Living
By-Play
Translated by William Jennings (1891) · From The Shi King (Jennings, 1891), Part I, Book vii
Living
For the hill the myrtle-tree,
For the swamp the water-lily.
No Tse-tu see I for me,
Only some one crazed and silly!
For the hill the stately fir,
For the swamp the dragon-vetch.
No Tse-ch'ung see I astir,
Only you,— sly little wretch!
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Shi Jing (The Book of Songs). “By-Play.” Translated by William Jennings. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/shi-jing/355/.
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Shi Jing (The Book of Songs). “By-Play.” Translated by William Jennings. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/shi-jing/355/.
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