﻿BOOK OF THE CHINESE. 201 



The simile may thus be rendered : 



Gay child of Spring, the garden's queen, 

 Yon pe.^ch tree charms the roving sight: 



Its ft 'grant leaves how richly green ! 

 Its blossoms how divinely bright ! 



So softly smiles the blooming bride, 

 By Love and conscious Virtue led 



O'er her new mansion to preside, 

 And placid joys around her spread. 



The next leaf exhibits a comparison of a different 

 nature, rather sublime than agreeable, and convey- 

 ing rather censure than praise : 



1 . 2 3 4 



O how horridly impends yon southern mountain ! 

 .5 6 78 



Its rocks in how vast, how rude a heap ! 

 9 10 11 12 



Thus loftily thou sittest, O minister of YN ! 



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All the people look up to thee with dread. 



Which may be thus paraphrased : 



See, where yon crag's imperious height 



The sunny highland crowns, 

 And hideous as the brow of night, 



Above the torrent frowns ! 



So scowls the Chief, whose will is law, 



Regardless of our state; 

 While millions gaze with painful awe, 



Wich fear allied to hate. 



