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A training scheme a stranger brought
Which used would make you Lord of Wu.
The General was a lovely maid,
Her helm all gold and jewels inlaid,
And she the Marshal's baton swayed,
And told them what to do.
Her soldiers all were ladies fair,
And as they turned them round,
Like wind and rain about their waist
Their jewelry rattled. When in haste
To sound of drum the army raced,
Like snowy petals o'er the ground
The powder flew;and pearling dew
Ran down in rivers rare.
They wish to laugh, but do not dare
Lest they should lose their heads—
You say that this is but a dream;
But id this Sun-tze's clever scheme
Were used again to-day, I deem
We'd sleep safe in our beds.
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