Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Asia: Vols. XXI–XXIII. 1876–79.
Amakagu
By From the JapaneseAnonymous translation
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Yonder Amakagu soars;
From whose brow the mists are lifting,
In the fulness of the spring;
Rustling mid the pines the wind
Ruffles yonder pool’s smooth bosom,
And of every grove and thicket
Are the dark-massed shadows flecked
By the mountain-cherry’s bloom;
While along the strand are heard
Shrilly cries of circling gulls,
Mingling with the whirring din
Of a flight of early wild-duck;
And there cometh o’er the waters,
In a rudderless frail bark,
Onwards drifting oarless urged,
In uncheered solitude,
Our Emperor’s mighty heir.