Nature
Short Stanza XV: The trees and herbage, as the year doth wane
Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain (1900) · From Short Stanzas
Nature
The trees and herbage, as the year doth wane,
For gold and russet leave their former hue--
All but the wave-toss'd flow'rets of the main,
That never yet chill autumn's empire knew.
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Codex Note
By Yasuhide.
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Classical Japanese Poets. “Short Stanza XV: The trees and herbage, as the year doth wane.” Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-japanese-poets/58/.
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Classical Japanese Poets. “Short Stanza XV: The trees and herbage, as the year doth wane.” Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-japanese-poets/58/.
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