Time & Brevity
Short Stanza XXII: Of all the days and months that hurry by
Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain (1900) · From Short Stanzas
Time & Brevity
Of all the days and months that hurry by
Nor leave a trace, how long the weary tale!
And yet how few the springs when in the vale
On the dear flow'rets I may feast mine eye!
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Codex Note
By Okikaze.
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Classical Japanese Poets. “Short Stanza XXII: Of all the days and months that hurry by.” Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-japanese-poets/65/.
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Classical Japanese Poets. “Short Stanza XXII: Of all the days and months that hurry by.” Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-japanese-poets/65/.
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