JAPAN
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If you want to meet me, love,
Only we twain,
Come to the gate, love,
Sunshine or rain;
Stand in the shadow, love,
And if people pry,
Say that you came, love,
To watch who went by.[1]
If you want to meet me, love,
Only we twain,
Come to the gate, love,
Sunshine or rain;
Stand in the shadow, love,
And if people pry,
Say that you came, love,
To watch who went by.[1]
If you want to meet me, love,
Only we two,
Come to the tea-grove, love,
Moonlight and dew;
Stand among the bushes, love,
And if passers see,
Say that you came, love,
To gather leaves of tea.
Only we two,
Come to the tea-grove, love,
Moonlight and dew;
Stand among the bushes, love,
And if passers see,
Say that you came, love,
To gather leaves of tea.
If you want to meet me, love,
Only you and I;
Come to the pine-tree, love,
Clouds or clear sky;
Stand among the spikelets, love,
And if folks ask why,
Say that you came, love,
To catch a butterfly.
Only you and I;
Come to the pine-tree, love,
Clouds or clear sky;
Stand among the spikelets, love,
And if folks ask why,
Say that you came, love,
To catch a butterfly.
Any allusion to Japanese dancing immediately recalls to the memory of foreigners familiar with Japan the image of a girl exquisitely refined in all her ways: her costume a chef-d'œuvre of decorative art ; her looks, demure yet arch ; her
- ↑ See Appendix, note 29.
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