蒲柳質易朽，麋鹿心難馴。
何事赤墀上，五年爲侍臣。
Why should you waste the moments of inspiration Tracing the withered limbs of a sick man? Tall, tall is the Palace of Ch’i-lin;[79]
況多剛狷性，難與世同塵。
不惟非貴相，但恐生禍因。
But my deeds have not been frescoed on its walls. Minutely limned on a foot of painting silk--
宜當早罷去，收取雲泉身。
What can I do with a portrait such as _that_? deeds were illustrated on the walls.