The Classical Poetry of the JapaneseTrübner, 1880 - 227 pages |
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... and from the Chinese they have drawn new names for already existing places , and new titles for their ancient gods . That their literature should be , for the most part , fashioned on the Chinese model and express Chinese ideas is.
... and from the Chinese they have drawn new names for already existing places , and new titles for their ancient gods . That their literature should be , for the most part , fashioned on the Chinese model and express Chinese ideas is.
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... gods , where all men were naturally perfect . * There are no invectives against rulers or aspirations after liberty : † that would be , not poetry , but politics , or rather treason against the heaven - born Mikado , the descen- dant of ...
... gods , where all men were naturally perfect . * There are no invectives against rulers or aspirations after liberty : † that would be , not poetry , but politics , or rather treason against the heaven - born Mikado , the descen- dant of ...
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... god's daughter met ; How they pledged their faith to each other , And came to the Evergreen Land , And enter'd the sea - god's palace So lovingly hand in hand , • For a literal prose version of this ballad see the second Appendix to ...
... god's daughter met ; How they pledged their faith to each other , And came to the Evergreen Land , And enter'd the sea - god's palace So lovingly hand in hand , • For a literal prose version of this ballad see the second Appendix to ...
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... god . The word Dragon Palace is in Japanese ringu , or , more properly , rinkiu , which is likewise the Japanese pronunciation of the name of the islands we call Loochoo , and the Chinese Liu - kiu ; and it has been suggested by some ...
... god . The word Dragon Palace is in Japanese ringu , or , more properly , rinkiu , which is likewise the Japanese pronunciation of the name of the islands we call Loochoo , and the Chinese Liu - kiu ; and it has been suggested by some ...
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... gods * I prayed , · With offrings so humbly offered , - And this the prayer that I made : — " Being mortal , I know not how many The days of my life may be ; And now the perilous pathway That leads o'er the plain of the sea , " Past ...
... gods * I prayed , · With offrings so humbly offered , - And this the prayer that I made : — " Being mortal , I know not how many The days of my life may be ; And now the perilous pathway That leads o'er the plain of the sea , " Past ...
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