The Jade Mountain
AN EARLY AUDIENCE AT THE
PALACE OF LIGHT
PALACE OF LIGHT
Harmonizing Secretary Chia Chih's Poem
The red-capped Cock-Man has just announced morning;The Keeper of the Robes brings Jade-Cloud Furs;Heaven's nine doors reveal the palace and its courtyards;And the coats of many countries bow to the Pear]l Crown.Sunshine has entered the giants' carven palms;Incense wreathes the Dragon Robe:The audience adjourns—and the five-coloured edictSets girdle-beads clinking toward the Lake of the Phœnix.
LOOKING DOWN IN A SPRING-RAIN
ON THE COURSE FROM FAIRY-MOUNTAIN
PALACE TO THE PAVILION OF INCREASE
ON THE COURSE FROM FAIRY-MOUNTAIN
PALACE TO THE PAVILION OF INCREASE
Harmonizing the Emperor's Poem
Round a turn of the Ch'in Fortress winds the Wêi River,And Yellow Mountain foot-hills enclose the Court of China;Past the South Gate willows comes the Car of Many BellsOn the upper Palace-Garden Road—a solid length of blossom;A Forbidden City roof holds two phœnixes in cloud;
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