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or Arashiyama must have realised this. For a 

 moment they hover like bejewelled clouds and dance 

 above the crystal streams ; then, as they sail away 

 on the laughing waters, they seem to say : " Fare- 

 well, O Spring ! We are on to Eternity." 



OKAKURA-KAKUZO. 



"OPEN AFRESH YOUR ROUND OF 

 STARRY FOLDS" 



OPEN afresh your round of starry folds, 



Ye ardent marigolds ! 



Dry up the moisture from your golden lids, 



For great Apollo bids 



That in these days your praises should be sung 



On many harps, which he has lately strung ; 



And when again your dewiness he kisses, 



Tell him, I have you in my world of blisses : 



So haply when I rove in some far vale, 



His mighty voice may come upon the gale. 



Here are sweet-peas, on tiptoe for a flight 

 With wings of gentle flush o'er delicate white 

 And taper fingers catching at all things, 

 To bind them all about with tiny rings. 



Sometimes goldfinches one by one will drop 

 From low-hung branches : little space they stop, 

 But sip, and twitter, and their feathers sleek ; 

 Then off at once, as in a wanton freak : 

 Or perhaps, to show their black and golden wings, 

 Pausing upon their yellow flutterings. 



