Shih Ching (11th to 7th cent.BC)

THE LOCUSTS.*↩⚓✪

• • How do the locusts crowd—⚓✪
  • A fluttering throng!⚓✪
  • May thy descendants be⚓✪
  • Thus vast, thus strong!⚓✪
• • How do the locusts’ wings⚓✪
  • In motion sound!⚓✪
  • May thy descendants show,⚓✪
  • Like them, no bound!⚓✪
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  • How do the locusts all⚓✪
  • Together cluster!⚓✪
  • May thy descendants too⚓✪
  • In such wise muster!
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