Attract the sovereign to them.
The new melody, entitled, ‘Song of the Willows,’
Is sung by every mouth.
This is what has changed the capital of the empire,
And has caused Pien-Theou to be deserted for Hang-Tcheou.”
Another poem, the last, says:
“The perfumed zephyr embalms the light of the moon,
Athwart the twelve stories of the mountain;
The Court ascends in the night to the Pavilion of Leisure,
Enjoying the panorama from above,