Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-04-11
THE EVENING STAR.
Chiueae Poetry.

II has been sort Of received opinion that the
Chinese were such n materlaiized race as to be
incapable of climbing the nights Of Parnassus, or
at least that they would not likely. consider the
benefits Of such an exercise worth the toll and
trouble The Narrative of Lord Elgin," recent
ly published contains number Of extracts from
poems Of Celestial origin, by no means destitute
Of merit; however they may have failed in pro-
noting an extensive growth Of the ideal sentiment
among that people. The first of these has for its
author no less parsonage than Hwashana, min.
1Ier OF the highest rank at the Court Of Pekin, and
aledolng negotiator Of the treaty concluded In
I1o, The translation is by Wade. The title
reads as follows
Hwashana's Complaint when on his Second Mis-
sion to Moukhden. the Capital OF Mantchourla,
he Finds Himself once more at the Inn at Chalau
On toward the sister ca pital once more
Ry duty called. fack my distant way;
The watchdog notes my wheels. drOops the night
per the matched cot, and slowly tramp my steeds
? The Wild pass, III antumns mourning sad.
yOyleSS The moon. And now In chamber lone,
Beneath his single lamp, the traveller dreams
Ol house and home. an hundred leagues behind.
W mere are his rhymes these panels bore of old
Vain search DER Lu-ho let him llstless pore.
III.
where herds and swine once lay, a hostel now.
Chata1fs won at last. My car Is staid.
~ sunset slantins, stri kes its root. and chill
ofo %affS tip bars admit the evening breath
Envoy Of majesty 30 known to whom
reare whore the state hath need-no word ofcare;
urn 10 tiny inuse-Iet verse these walls adorn."
The Walk in Dew" is poem ausIon to which
Is maize to convey to the reader the idea ofshudder
SazeS ON the scene before him. The fines ON the
tite-Page of this volume are rhythmical version
OF the last half stanza
The next is the composition of teacher known
as old Chang" and described as "a good SC hol-
ar, an efhcient spy in behalf Of his own govern.
nIentI gentleman In his manners, great hum
mug, and confirmed opium smoker" He had
accompanied the expedition to Tientsin, and
wrote bis verses on a fan in honor Of Mr. Wade
The heading would be reckoned disproport onal-
w large here, even by phrenologist:
Two Stanzas of Verse in Five Words Each, pre-
Sent1d by Ghang-Tung- Iau to Wade. his Pupil
ing, ylth whom he had been Shipmate to raku
and TIentSln, on Finding Himself Several Months
ON Board the same Vessel with Him. Compo sed
1881 ~ '-O
so hest IN lettared toll thine aim
To aid the wOrld-by one fair decd
10 earn a thousand autumns' fame.
Ihe day's caPrIclOus will why heed
fItut "a down upon the air
y bubble that the waters bear.
j. all our glory's heeting pride.
Thy pastlme IN the leisure hour
The nicely studied rhyme to pair;
Nor titles WIN thy praise, nor power
And well. for all Is change. Though tar
The moon, yet dark the evenings doom:
fhangefui our lot. as hight aud gloom
PLAY DER the blue streams tide.
Nine wears since first we met are spe6
lhencefoIth In friendly union bound
Now sIx long moons deck we tread
Onr night lamp trlmm'd, We chat the round
u earth 5 affairs the burning day
Dn weIghty aboIs pours its ray;
We part Uniting matters grave.
toI me. my part He'd taIDly BY,
AID with what haste, No longer proud
Sut free stray. as floats on high,
Vow G us tsrlng. now dispersed. the cloud.
home to my books AK no more
With age INV limbs and travel sore;
Give Hle nv hillside cave"