Nature
Pilgrims Ascending Fuji-yama
From Pictures of the Floating World (1919): Lacquer Prints
Nature
I should tremble at the falling showers of ashes
Dislodged by my feet,
Did I not know
That at night they fly upward
And spread themselves once more
Upon the slopes of the Honourable Mountain.
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MLA
Lowell, Amy. “Pilgrims Ascending Fuji-yama.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lowell_a/186/.
Chicago
Lowell, Amy. “Pilgrims Ascending Fuji-yama.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lowell_a/186/.
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