The Sin T‘ae

The New tower, fresh and bright, they show,
Where its vast volume rolls the Ho ;—
For bride a palace rare.
To Wei she came, a mate to find;
She sought a husband young and kind,
But found this mis-shaped bear.

There stands the New tower grand and high,
Where with still stream the Ho flows by ;—
For bride a palace rare.
‘To Wei she came, a mate to find ;
She sought a husband young and kind,
But found this mis-shaped bear.

As when the net for fish they set,
And lo! a goose ensnared they get,
They stamp with sudden ire ;
So might she stamp who came to wed
The genial son, and in his stead
Got but the hump-backed sire.