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The Book of Poetry, tr. by James Legge, [1876], at sacred-texts.com


VII

The Ho Kuang; narrative. Other things more difficult to overcome than distance may keep one from a place.

1They tell me that the Ho is wide;—
  With a few reeds I could cross through.
They tell me Sung is distant far;—
  Rising on tiptoe Sung I view. p. 71

2They tell me that the Ho is wide;—
  A little boat it will not bear.
They tell me Sung is distant far;—
  Ere morning fades I might be there.


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