92 Shadowings 



More heavy than winter-snow the voices of perching 



See how the bamboos bend under the weight of their 

 song 1 * 



Morogog ni 

 Yama ya ugokasu, 



Ki-gi no Se'mi. 



All shrilling together, the multitudinous Se'mi 

 Make, with their ceaseless clamor, even the mountain 

 move. 



Kusunoki mo 

 Ugoku y6 nari, 



Se'mi no kog. 



BAUAKU. 



Even the camphor-tree seems to quake with the clamor 

 of Se'mi ! 



Sometimes the sound is compared to the noise 

 of boiling water : 



Hizakari wa 

 Nie*tatsu Se'mi no 

 Hayashi kana! 



In the hour of heaviest heat, how simmers the forest 



with semi ! 



Nifte* iru 

 Mizu bakari nari 



Se'mi no koe". 

 _ TAIMU. 



1 Japanese artists have found many a charming inspira- 

 tion in the spectacle of bamboos bending under the weight 

 of snow clinging to their tops. 



