182 Shadowings 



The sixth : 



If the time [of the present] be spent in vain, 

 In the time of the future must sorrow be borne. 



The seventh : 



That a kindness done is not for the sake of others 



only, 

 But also for one's own sake, should well be kept in 



mind. 



The eighth : 



Even the sorrow of numberless misfortunes 

 We shall easily escape if the heart be pure. 



The ninth : 



If the heart and the speech be kept straight and true, 

 The Gods and the Buddhas will surely guard us well. 



The tenth : 



In order to become a person held in honor, 

 As a filial person one must [first] be known. 



The reader may think to himself, " How terri 

 bly exigent the training that could require the 

 repetition of moral lessons even in a 'ball -play 

 song ' ! " True, but it produced perhaps the 

 very sweetest type of woman that this world has 

 ever known. 



In some dance-songs the burthen is made by 

 the mere repetition of the last line, or of part 

 of the last line, of each stanza. The follow- 



