China and the West

Browning, Robert. The ring and the book. (London : Smith, Elder and Co., 1868-1869).
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0608471.txt.
“Help thou, or Christendom is one to death !”
Five years since, in the Province of To-kien,
Which is in China as some people know,
Maigrot, my Vicar Apostolic there,
Having a great qualm, issues a degree.