1939 · CLOSE READING
Khing Kang King
Khing Kang King (1939), PDF p. 9
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MEN STYLE HIM LORD OF TAO,
YET HE HATH NONE TO LORD.
HID MOTIVE HE OF ALL THAT BE :
ENOUGH FOR HIS REWARD !
HE THAT CAN COMPREHEND
THIS DOCTRINE MAY TRANSMIT
THIS SACRED TAO TO MEN THAT VOW
THEMSELVES TO FATHOM IT.
II.
LAO KUN THE MASTER SAID :
THE ADEPT IN SKILL OF SOUL
HATH NEVER AN AIM ; THE BUNGLERS SHAME
IS THAT HE GROPES A GOAL.
WHO MOST POSSESS THE TEH
CONCEAL THEIR MAGICK POWER ;
WHO LEAST POSSESS EXERT THEIR STRESS
SEVEN TIMES IN EVERY HOUR.
THESE, WHO CLING FAST TO POWERS,
WHO GUARD THEM, AND DISPLAY
THEIR MAGICK ARTTHEY ARE NOT PART
OF TAO NOR YET OF TEH.
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