{"collection":"shi","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/shi/msj/msj21.htm","path":"shi/msj/msj21.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/shi/msj/msj21.htm","text":"The Master-Singers of Japan, by Clara A. Walsh, [1914]\nA.D. 1610\u20131701\nA Priest whose reputation as a scholar attracted the attention of the famous Daimio of Mito, Mitsukuni, who caused a vast library to be collected and maintained scholars for researches which resulted in the compilation of the Dainihoushi = \"History of Japan.\"\nBy Keichiu\nThe Spring hath bent its magic bow\n The heavens eterne, the earth below\n Rich with its hidden ore, are veiled\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In mist-wreaths grey.\n High on the mountain-ledge the snow\n Melts, and once-frozen ponds o\u2019erflow\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0This first Spring day.\n The plum-trees\u2019 branches gently sway\n From the young blossoms\u2019 fair array\n The nightingale trills forth her song\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0So tender-sweet.\nNow memories of the bygone year\n Fade in our hearts, new joys appear\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Our hopes to greet.\nWhen can we to the meadows pass,\n To pluck the herbs among the grass?\n When will the budding willows flame\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In living gold?\n When will the cherry-blossoms glow?\n To-day, in minds of high and low,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0These thoughts unfold!","title":"The Master-Singers of Japan: XX.","type":"page"}