The Classical Poetry of the JapaneseTrübner, 1880 - 227 pages |
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... Things The Cuckoo . • • Lines from a Mother to her Daughter 101 . 102 • • 104 • . 104 • 106 • 108 • III . 112 · • 113 113 • SHORT STANZAS from the Kokinshifu • .117 Spring . Summer Autumn • Winter Congratulations Parting • . 119 • 120 ...
... Things The Cuckoo . • • Lines from a Mother to her Daughter 101 . 102 • • 104 • . 104 • 106 • 108 • III . 112 · • 113 113 • SHORT STANZAS from the Kokinshifu • .117 Spring . Summer Autumn • Winter Congratulations Parting • . 119 • 120 ...
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... thing to be adopted . The Latins submitted without a groan to the heavy yoke of Greek prosody ; the semi - barbarians of Northern Europe adopted the rhymes , as they did the religion , of their Southern neighbours ; while in our own ...
... thing to be adopted . The Latins submitted without a groan to the heavy yoke of Greek prosody ; the semi - barbarians of Northern Europe adopted the rhymes , as they did the religion , of their Southern neighbours ; while in our own ...
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... things are ever harder to alter than are political systems and ways of life , and as yet there is not the slightest indication of what the Japanese poetry of the future will be like ; the only thing that may be predicted of it with ...
... things are ever harder to alter than are political systems and ways of life , and as yet there is not the slightest indication of what the Japanese poetry of the future will be like ; the only thing that may be predicted of it with ...
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... things are forgotten , and where prettiness and a sort of tender grace are allowed to reign supreme . The Japanese themselves would doubtless dispute this judgment , as containing all too faint praise . But when they tell us of their ...
... things are forgotten , and where prettiness and a sort of tender grace are allowed to reign supreme . The Japanese themselves would doubtless dispute this judgment , as containing all too faint praise . But when they tell us of their ...
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... things seems , on this point , to have kept the actors faithful to the old traditions of their art . For on the few occasions , occurring mostly in the later pieces , where this rule is broken through , and an attempt made at scenic ...
... things seems , on this point , to have kept the actors faithful to the old traditions of their art . For on the few occasions , occurring mostly in the later pieces , where this rule is broken through , and an attempt made at scenic ...
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