Living
The Hounds and the Huntsman
Translated by William Jennings (1891) · From The Shi King (Jennings, 1891), Part I, Book viii
Living
"Clink-Clink" goes hound with hound.
A gallant, generous master they have found.
There go they, leashed in pairs.
A gallant master, and a manly, theirs.
Now run they three and three.
A gallant master, and a brave, is he.
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Shi Jing (The Book of Songs). “The Hounds and the Huntsman.” Translated by William Jennings. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/shi-jing/370/.
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Shi Jing (The Book of Songs). “The Hounds and the Huntsman.” Translated by William Jennings. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/shi-jing/370/.
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