One day he handed to his neighbours the following verses of his own composing to be spread about : — " Ding dong ! The hammer-strokes fall long and fast, Until the Iron turns to Steel at last ! Now shall the long long Day of Rest begin, The Land of... The Book of the Sword - Page 109by Sir Richard Francis Burton - 1884 - 299 pagesFull view - About this book
| Marco Polo - 1871 - 624 pages
...the following verses of his own composing to be spread about : — " Ding dong ! The Hammer strokes fall long and fast, Until the Iron turns to Steel...the long long Day of Rest begin, The Land of Bliss Kternal calls me in." Thereupon he died. But his verses spread all over Honan, and many learned to... | |
| Marco Polo - 1875 - 730 pages
...to his neighbours the following verses of his own composing to be spread about : — " Ding dong ! The hammer-strokes fall long and fast; Until the Iron...over Honan, and many learned to call upon Buddha" (103). Once more : " In my own town there lived a physician by name Chang-yan-ming. He was a man who... | |
| Marco Polo - 1875 - 862 pages
...to his neighbours the following verses of his own composing to be spread about : — " Ding (long ! The hammer-strokes fall long and fast, Until the Iron...over Honan, and many learned to call upon Buddha" (103). Once more : " In my own town there lived a physician by name Chang-yan-ming. He was a man who... | |
| Marco Polo - 1875 - 672 pages
...to his neighbours the following verses of his own composing to be spread about : — " Ding dong ! The hammer-strokes fall long and fast, Until the Iron...over Honan, and many learned to call upon Buddha" (103). Once more : " In my own town there lived a physician by name Chang-yan-ming. He was a man who... | |
| Helena Petrovna Blavatsky - 1877 - 688 pages
...to his neighbors the following verses of his own composition to be spread about : — ' Ding dong ! The hammer-strokes fall long and fast, Until the iron...over Honan, and many learned to call upon Buddha." * To deny to the Chinese or any people of Asia, whether Central, * Schott : "Essay on Buddhism," p.... | |
| Helena Petrovna Blavatsky - 1877 - 696 pages
...to his neighbors the following verses of his own composition to be spread about : — 'Ding dong ! The hammer-strokes fall long and fast, Until the iron...rest begin, The Land of Bliss Eternal calls me in l ' " Thereupon he died. But his verses spread all over Honan, and many learned to call upon Buddha."... | |
| Helena Petrovna Blavatsky - 1892 - 708 pages
...to his neighbors the following verses of his own composition to be spread about : — ' Ding dong ! The hammer-strokes fall long and fast, Until the iron turns to steel at last 1 Now shall the long, long day of rest begin, The Land of Bliss Eternal calls me in 1 ' " Thereupon... | |
| Marco Polo - 1903 - 828 pages
...to his neighbours the following verses of his own composing to be spread about : — ' Ding dong ! The hammer-strokes fall long and fast, Until the Iron...over Honan, and many learned to call upon Buddha" (103). Once more : " In my own town there lived a physician by name Chang-yan-ming. He was a man who... | |
| Marco Polo - 1903 - 812 pages
...lo his neighbours the following verses of his own composing to be spread about : — ' Ding dong ! The hammer-strokes fall long and fast, Until the Iron turns to steel at last t Now shall the long long Day of Rest begin, The Land of Bliss Eternal calls me in." Thereupon he died-... | |
| Mrs. Archibald Little - 1905 - 436 pages
...remarkable verse written by a Chinese blacksmith under the Sung dynasty — " Ding dong ! the hammer strokes fall long and fast, Until the iron turns to steel...Rest begin ; The land of Bliss Eternal calls me in ! " One morning we got up, as we thought, wonderfully early, and went off to the Altar of Heaven to... | |
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