Art. III.—Art. A Version in Chinese, by the Marquis Tseng, of a Poem written in English and Italian

Abstract

Art hath a holy mission: 'tis to raiseThe soul, through form and beauty, unto thingsMore lovely than the sensual thoughts and waysOf an old world's corrupt imaginings.In song, on canvas, or in living stone,Art saith unto the soul: “Behold the Pure,The True, the Beautiful, for these aloneI live, by these through unborn time endure.”