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In the bay at Mukoe

by Yamabe no Akahito

Yamabe no Akahito

In the bay at Mukoe
Circle little boats:
From Awa Isle
Gazing back-
How I envy them!




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Love is done when Love's begun,
Sages say,
But have Sages known?
Truth adjourn your Boon
Without Day.

• Emily Dickinson



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