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 Fields, villages and lanes Shall throng with happy men; Good rule protect the people and make known The King's benevolence to all the land; Stern discipline prepare Their natures for the soft caress of Art. O Soul come back to where the good are praised!

Like the sun shining over the four seas Shall be the reputation of our King; His deeds, matched only in Heaven, shall repair The wrongs endured by every tribe of men,— Northward to Yu and southward to Annam, To the Sheep's Gut Mountain and the Eastern Seas. O Soul come back to where the wise are sought!

Behold the glorious virtues of our King Triumphant, terrible; Behold with solemn faces in the Hall The Three Grand Ministers walk up and down,— None chosen for the post save landed-lords Or, in default, Knights of the Nine Degrees. At the first ray of dawn already is hung The shooting-target, where with bow in hand And arrows under arm, Each archer does obeisance to each, Willing to yield his rights of precedence. O Soul come back to where men honour still The name of the Three Kings. [19]