Verses Composed on the Occasion of an Imperial Progress to the Summer Palace of Yoshino
Beauteous is the woody mountain
Of imperial Yoshino;
Fair and limpid is the fountain
Dashing to the vale below;
High beside whose upper reaches
Warbles many a tiny bird,
While upon its lower beaches
Frogs' loud am'rous notes are heard.
Far and near, in stately leisure,
Pass the courtiers o'er the lea;
Ev'ry glance shows some new pleasure,
And I pray thus tremblingly:
" Glorious deities that for ever
O'er the heav'n and earth do reign!
Grant that these our joys may never
From fair Yoshino be ta'en! "
Of imperial Yoshino;
Fair and limpid is the fountain
Dashing to the vale below;
High beside whose upper reaches
Warbles many a tiny bird,
While upon its lower beaches
Frogs' loud am'rous notes are heard.
Far and near, in stately leisure,
Pass the courtiers o'er the lea;
Ev'ry glance shows some new pleasure,
And I pray thus tremblingly:
" Glorious deities that for ever
O'er the heav'n and earth do reign!
Grant that these our joys may never
From fair Yoshino be ta'en! "
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