Mb. Davis on the Poetry of the Chinese. 



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It is a rich, populous, and highly adorned land. 



Its workmen vie with each other in the excellence of their manufactures. 



Within the circuit of the imperial residence is a splendid palace ; 



Lofty trees are immingled with unnumbered dwellings. 



The young gentry ride in wheel-carriages and on horseback. 



And the fair women clothe themselves in silken garments: 



*The space in each street being devoted to ornament. 



Where is there room for the mere useful productions of the earth?" 



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" The towerhig edifices rise story above story. 

 In all the stateliness of splendid mansions : 

 Railings of iron thickly stud the sides of every entrance. 

 And streams from the river circulate through the walls : 

 The sides of each apartment are variegated with devices ; 

 Through the windows of glass appear the scarlet hangings : 

 And in the street itself is presented a beautiful scene. 

 The congregated buildings have all the aspect of a picture." 



* Literally, " Every street being devoted to flowers and willows, 



Where is there space to plant mulberries and hemp (to produce silk and flax)?" 

 — There are explanatory notes, and a commentary, in the original, which we have not thought 

 it necessary to give here. 



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