“The” Classical Poetry of the JapaneseTrübner, 1880 - 227 pages |
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1st pt 2nd pt Acrostics Amaterasu ANON autumn Avesta Bijiyau birds Buddhist called century Chinese Chorus composed Curate Curate.-Oh dance dear Death-Stone dews Dhammapada died A.D. doth dream dwell e'en earth Elegy Emperor Toba English ev'ry Fairy father Fisherman flowers gaze gods hallooing Hana hand hath heart heaven HITOMARO honour hour Husband imperial Japan Japanese Japanese literature Japanese poetry Kauzhiyu Kiyauto land lord lyric dramas maid maiden Mañyefushifu Mikado Mitsunaka monarch moon moor mortal Mount MOUNT TSUKUBA mountain Myriad Leaves Nakamitsu Nara Narihira native ne'er never night nought o'er Odes Ancient original palace Parsis Pillow-word poems poet poetical poetry pray Priest Prince Rector robe Rosei SAKANOUHE Servant.-Yes Shimotsuke shore silv'ry song SOSEI sov'reign Spirit spring stanza sway sweet syllable tears tell thee thine thou to-day translation TSURAYUKI Twas verse Weshin Wife word YAKAMOCHI Yamato Yedo Zoroastrian
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