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STANZA I. 



San-tung tsing-nwan hew, 

 Yih-yu c/iing seang-te : 

 Mo-mo chin shan-ko. 

 King-king teen shih-che : 

 Chunfomtg yaou tang Jih, 

 Wan-wiih fd-aeng she : 

 Wei heang noong-jin shwo, 

 Se-chow sze mo che. 



STANZA II. 



Lew-sth wei chay king, 

 Taou-hwa ee mwan liii ; 

 fVuh yew lien ke how. 

 Woo ke tvong fheen-sm : 

 Yin ke Jin koong-laou, 

 Shing-she leih vei jin : 

 Chae-mun tuy teih-leih, 

 Hing tso yih chin-ym. 



" Felicitous Rains." 



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" The last month of winter was for the most part clear and mild. 

 And now at leno^h approach the wcK-timed showers : 

 The wide-spread mist has involved yon mountain dwelling-. 

 Its dews are slowly filling each rocky hollow : 

 The vernal winds obscure the clouded sun. 

 It is the season for all things in nature to germinate : 



