Nature
Short Stanza XII: A thousand thoughts of tender, vague regret
Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain (1900) · From Short Stanzas
Nature
A thousand thoughts of tender, vague regret,
Crowd on my soul, what time I stand and gaze
On the soft-shining autumn moon; and yet
Not to me only speaks her silv'ry haze.
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Classical Japanese Poets. “Short Stanza XII: A thousand thoughts of tender, vague regret.” Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-japanese-poets/55/.
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Classical Japanese Poets. “Short Stanza XII: A thousand thoughts of tender, vague regret.” Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-japanese-poets/55/.
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