Nature
Japanesque
From The Bashful Earthquake (1898)
Nature
Oh, where the white quince blossom swings
I love to take my Japan ease!
I love the maid Anise who clings
So lightly on my Japan knees;
I love the little song she sings,
The little love-song Japanese.
I almost love the lute’s tink tunkle
Played by that charming Jap Anise—
For am I not her old Jap uncle?
And is she not my Japan niece?
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MLA
Herford, Oliver. “Japanesque.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herford/36/.
Chicago
Herford, Oliver. “Japanesque.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herford/36/.
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