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I AM now,—what joy to hear it
—Of the old magician rid;
And henceforth shall ev'ry
Do whate'er by me is bid;    I have watch'd with rigour      All he used to do,    And will now with vigour      Work my wonders too

On the nineteenth day of the tenth month of the second year of Ta-li (15 November 767), in the residence of Yuan Ch`ih,
Lieutenant-Governor of K`uei-chou,
I saw Li Shih-er-niang of Lin-ying dance the chien-ch`i
Impressed by the bril...