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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: He stands on the shores of the Sun Source 1 land, around him a sea of eyes, Not one in all that sunburnt band, to know what it is he cries. They offer him Saki,2 rice and cake, and around him pitying stand, While all manner of signs they rapidly make, that he must leave their land. Not knowing their laws, he turns to the hills, longing to be alone, But quick as thought, each conch-shell3 fills with a startling long drawn tone. Away he goes o'er bridges and streams, and after him quick they fly, Like a will o' the wisp, he keeps ahead to the top of Mount Fusi. Astonished and baffled their leader turns, filled with a sinking dread; He draws his keen sword4 twice across his body And life has fled Ahashuerus lays him down on the sand-bright5 mountain's side, And looks at the waters of Jedo Bay, where they meet the Pacific tide; He can hear the distant billows roar, as they dash on Kana-gawa's shore, Sounding, sounding, evermore, in a saddening monotone, Seeming to say, with a threatening sound, Thou must keep on going the world around, i The Chinese named the Island of Japan Jih-pnu-quo, or Sun Source kingdom. See Japan, by R. Hildreth. = A spirituous liquor made of rice. 3 Aceount of Fcrnam Mendez Pinto, as to the Japanese mode of calling to arms. See Hildreth's Japan. 4The Japanese method of committing suicide, when anticipating any disgrace, to secure the property from confiscation and family from death. S The sides of Mount I'm si are covered with a bright dazzling sand. See Hildrcth's Japan. The Andalusian coral and the Catalonian pearl, The silks and oils and spices from the far off Eastern world, Are brought to deck the ancient town that stands upon the river, Where hamlet...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217285322 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217285325 |
| Weight | 0.34 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.23 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 96 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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