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Confucius - A Festal Ode Complimenting An OfficerConfucius - A Festal Ode Complimenting An Officer
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On dashed my four steeds, without halt, without stay,   Though toilsome and winding from Chow was the way.   I wished to return--but the monarch`s command   Forbade that his business be done with slack hand;     And my heart was with sadness oppressed.   On dashed my four steeds; I ne`er slackened the reins.   They snorted and panted--all white, with black manes.   I wished to return, but our sovereign`s command   Forbade that his business be done with slack hand;--     And I dared not to pause or to rest.   Unresting the Filial doves speed in their flight,   Ascending, then sweeping swift down from the height,   Now grouped on the oaks. The king`s high command   Forbade that his business be done with slack hand;--     And my father I left, sore distressed.   Unresting the Filial doves speed in their flight,   Now fanning the air and anon they alight   On the medlars thick grouped. But our monarch`s command   Forbade that his business be done with slack hand;--     Of my mother I thought with sad breast.   My four steeds I harnessed, all white and black-maned,   Which straight on their way, fleet and emulous strained.   I wished to return; and now venture in song   The wish to express, and announce how I long     For my mother my care to attest.
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