The Classical Poetry of the JapaneseTrübner, 1880 - 227 pages |
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... tell us of their verses " making heaven aud * Preface to the " Odes Ancient and Modern . " Equally exaggerated praise is to be met with in many other places . It is in the same cele- brated preface that occurs the absurd attempt to deck ...
... tell us of their verses " making heaven aud * Preface to the " Odes Ancient and Modern . " Equally exaggerated praise is to be met with in many other places . It is in the same cele- brated preface that occurs the absurd attempt to deck ...
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... tell . " The maiden answered , " A casket I give into thine hand ; And if that thou hopest truly To come back to the Evergreen Land , " Then open it not , I charge thee ! Open it not , I beseech ! " So the boy row'd home o'er the ...
... tell . " The maiden answered , " A casket I give into thine hand ; And if that thou hopest truly To come back to the Evergreen Land , " Then open it not , I charge thee ! Open it not , I beseech ! " So the boy row'd home o'er the ...
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... tell me his birthplace , Nor the name that he erst did bear . ( SAKIMARO . ) * One of the passes by which the traveller from Kiyauto may cross the Hakone range to reach the plain of Yedo . tie . , the Mikado . The feudal system did not ...
... tell me his birthplace , Nor the name that he erst did bear . ( SAKIMARO . ) * One of the passes by which the traveller from Kiyauto may cross the Hakone range to reach the plain of Yedo . tie . , the Mikado . The feudal system did not ...
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... blood was seen to flow ; and the sword also was blood - stained . The tale seems a most uncomfortable one ; but I tell it as it was told to me . The Maiden of Ratsushika . Where in the far - 44 JAPANESE CLASSICAL POETRY .
... blood was seen to flow ; and the sword also was blood - stained . The tale seems a most uncomfortable one ; but I tell it as it was told to me . The Maiden of Ratsushika . Where in the far - 44 JAPANESE CLASSICAL POETRY .
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... tell of Katsushika's maid , Whose sash of country blue Bound but a frock of home - spun hemp , And kirtle coarse to view ; Whose feet no shoe had e'er confined , Nor comb passed through her hair ; Yet all the queens in damask robes ...
... tell of Katsushika's maid , Whose sash of country blue Bound but a frock of home - spun hemp , And kirtle coarse to view ; Whose feet no shoe had e'er confined , Nor comb passed through her hair ; Yet all the queens in damask robes ...
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