Canto Xiii: Kung Walked Poem Rhyme Scheme

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Kung walked	A
by the dynastic temple	B
and into the cedar grove	C
and then out by the lower river	D
And with him Khieu Tchi	E
and Tian the low speaking	F
And we are unknown said Kung	G
You will take up charioteering	G
Then you will become known	H
Or perhaps I should take up charioterring or archery	I
Or the practice of public speaking ''	J
And Tseu lou said I would put the defences in order ''	J
And Khieu said If I were lord of a province	K
I would put it in better order than this is ''	J
And Tchi said I would prefer a small mountain temple	B
With order in the observances	L
with a suitable performance of the ritual ''	J
And Tian said with his hand on the strings of his lute	M
The low sounds continuing	G
after his hand left the strings	N
And the sound went up like smoke under the leaves	O
And he looked after the sound	P
The old swimming hole	Q
And the boys flopping off the planks	R
Or sitting in the underbrush playing mandolins ''	J
And Kung smiled upon all of them equally	I
And Thseng sie desired to know	S
Which had answered correctly ''	J
And Kung said They have all answered correctly	I
That is to say each in his nature ''	J
And Kung raised his cane against Yuan Jang	G
Yuan Jang being his elder	D
For Yuan Jang sat by the roadside pretending to	T
be receiving wisdom	U
And Kung said	V
You old fool come out of it	W
Get up and do something useful ''	J
And Kung said	V
Respect a child's faculties	X
From the moment it inhales the clear air	Y
But a man of fifty who knows nothng	G
Is worthy of no respect ''	J
And When the prince has gathered about him	Z
All the savants and artists his riches will be fully employed ''	J
And Kung said and wrote on the bo leaves	O
If a man have not order within him	Z
He can not spread order about him	Z
And if a man have not order within him	Z
His family will not act with due order	D
And if the prince have not order within him	Z
He can not put order in his dominions	O
And Kung gave the words order''	D
and brotherly deference''	O
And said nothing of the life after death ''	J
And he said	V
Anyone can run to excesses	O
It is easy to shoot past the mark	G
It is hard to stand firm in the middle ''	J
	-
And they said If a man commit murder	D
Should his father protect him and hide him	Z
And Kung said	V
He should hide him	Z
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And Kung gave his daughter to Kong Tchang	G
Although Kong Tchang was in prison	A2
And he gave his niece to Nan Young	G
although Nan Young was out of office	O
And Kung said Wan ruled with moderation	A2
In his day the State was well kept	B2
And even I can remember	D
A day when the historians left blanks in their writings	O
I mean for things they didn't know	S
But that time seems to be passing	G
A day when the historians left blanks in their writings	O
But that time seems to be passing ''	-
And Kung said Without character you will	C2
be unable to play on that instrument	D2
Or to execute the music fit for the Odes	O
The blossoms of the apricot	E2
blow from the east to the west	F2
And I have tried to keep them from falling	G

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