GRAHAM’S MAGAZINE. VOL. XXXIV. April, 1849. No. 4. Table of Contents The Poet Lí The Naval Officer Victory and Defeat To Mother On a Diamond Ring The Recluse. No. I. Rome The Missionary, Sunlight Thermopylæ Lost Treasures The Brother’s Temptation The Unsepulchred Relics Reminiscences of a Reader The Gipsy Queen The Brother’s Lament Sonnet to Machiavelli The Darsies The Unmasked Mormon Temple, Nauvoo Rose Winters The Zopilotes History of the Costume of Men The Beautiful of Earth Wild-Birds of America Jenny Lind Storm-Lines Review of New Books Editor’s Table Adieu, My Native Land Transcriber’s Notes can be found at the end of this eBook. [Illustration: Anaïs Toudouze LE FOLLET _Robes de M^{me.}_ Bara Bréjard, _r. Laffitte, 5—Coiffures de_ Hamelin, _pass du Saumon, 21_. _Fleurs de_ Chagon ainé, _r. Richelieu, 81—Dentelles de_ Violard, _r. Choiseul 2^{bis}_ 8, Argyll Place, Londres. Graham’s Magazine ] [Illustration: D. Bydgoszcz, pinx. A.L. Dick THE BRIDGE & CHURCH OF S^{T}. ISAAC.] GRAHAM’S MAGAZINE. * * * * * VOL. XXXIV. PHILADELPHIA, April, 1849. NO. 4. * * * * * THE POET LI. A FRAGMENT FROM THE CHINESE. BY MRS. CAROLINE. H. BUTLER, AUTHOR OF “RECOLLECTIONS OF CHINA,” “MAID OF CHE-KI-ANG,” ETC. PART I. Do not draw upon you a person’s enmity, for enmity is never appeased—injury returns upon him who injures—and sharp words recoil against him who says them. _Chinese Proverb._ On the green and flowery banks of the beautiful Lake Tai-hoo, whose surface bears a thousand isles, resting like emeralds amid translucent pearl, dwelt Whanki the mother of Lí. _The mother of Lí!_ Ah happy distinction—ah envied title! For where, far or near, was the name could rank with Lí on the scroll of learning—receiving even in childhood the title of the “Exiled Immortal,” from his skill in classic and historical lore!