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SAe sze mang-mang — woo leaou ke. 

 Ho sen hoo-koo — yung sin ke ; 

 Tsin seay 16 choo — chd pei tsew, 

 Tow ko hiieii she — soong show slie. 



Ming hwa puh fang — piih ieng fang, 

 Mei yu puh mo — puh seng kwdng .■ 

 Puh she yih fim — han che kuh, 

 Tseng tih mei hwa — p6 pe heang. 



The affairs of the world are all hurry and trouble — without end : 

 Why then with bitter anxiety — waste the heart's springs? 

 Search for some pleasant spot — to pour out a cup of wine. 

 Steal a leisure hour — to sing^ the stanzas of an ode! 



" The fine flower unblown — exhales no sweets. 

 The fair gem unpolished — exhibits no radiance : 

 Were it not that once — the cold penetrated its stem, 

 How could the plum-blossom — emit such fragrance?" 



We next come to the line oi five words, where the caesura falls after the 

 secojid. Here the first division of the verse usually constitutes one com- 

 pound term ; and the last three words are subject to the same law as in the 

 longer line. The following are examples. 



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