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Short Stanza XXIX: There is on earth a thing more bootless still
Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain (1900) · From Short Stanzas
Love
There is on earth a thing more bootless still
Than to write figures on a running stream:--
And that thing is (believe me if you will)
To dream of one who ne'er of you doth dream.
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Classical Japanese Poets. “Short Stanza XXIX: There is on earth a thing more bootless still.” Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-japanese-poets/71/.
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Classical Japanese Poets. “Short Stanza XXIX: There is on earth a thing more bootless still.” Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-japanese-poets/71/.
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