Mn. Davis on the Poetry oftJie Chinese. 401 



Tetrameters. 



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iiw^ /iae yih tiien — Puh jaou, puh king; 

 Woo sze, woo leu — Che shing, che ming : 

 Thten le chaou choo — Shen sing keu ching : 

 Yih tsd yu wei — Woo tee tsuy ki7ig, 



" When the heart is enlightened by a spark of the ethereal intelligence, 

 There is neither perturbation, nor alarm ; 

 There is neither thought, nor anxiety : 



But all is moral perfection, and the complete radiance of truth : 

 Where the heavenly principle pours its light. 

 The root of a virtuous disposition is perfected : 

 But once mingling with human frailty. 

 The whole man will be subdued and overturned." 



The improved system of vei'sification consists in lines o? Jive words or 

 feet, as well as in the longer and still superior measure of seven. These 

 now constitute what are properly called Shee, or regular poems, and we 

 give an example of each in this place, though many others will appear in 

 the sequel. 



Pentameters. 



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