Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A FRIEND, by HITOMARU First Line: Japan is not a land where men need pray Last Line: Will rise within my breast. Subject(s): Japan; Japanese | ||||||||
Japan is not a land where men need pray, For 'tis itself divine: Yet do I lift my voice in prayer, and say, "May every joy be thine! "And may I too, if thou those joys attain, Live on to see thee blest!" Such the fond prayer that, like the restless main, Will rise within my breast. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CHOMEI AT TOYAMA by BASIL BUNTING SONG: SO OFTEN, SO LONG I HAVE THOUGHT by HAYDEN CARRUTH A MONTH IN SUMMER by CAROLYN KIZER TWO JAPANESE POEMS by WILLIAM MEREDITH KEEP DRIVING by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE WATERLILIES AND JAPANESE BRIDGE by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER A WALKAROUND, FOR NEKO; KAMAKURA 11/10/96 by JEROME ROTHENBERG AT TSUKIJI MARKET TOKYO: 1 by JEROME ROTHENBERG |
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