Time & Brevity
Short Stanza XL: What though the waters of that antique rill
Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain (1900) · From Short Stanzas
Time & Brevity
What though the waters of that antique rill
That flows along the heath, no more are cold;
Those who remember what it was of old
Go forth to draw them in their buckets still.
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Classical Japanese Poets. “Short Stanza XL: What though the waters of that antique rill.” Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-japanese-poets/81/.
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Classical Japanese Poets. “Short Stanza XL: What though the waters of that antique rill.” Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-japanese-poets/81/.
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