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Page 124
... leave office . " Both Whincup and , to a lesser degree , Seaton , by inserting Tu Fu himself into the line , create a misappro- priate tone - almost as though the poet were whining - that misses the poet's feeling of uncertainty . The ...
... leave office . " Both Whincup and , to a lesser degree , Seaton , by inserting Tu Fu himself into the line , create a misappro- priate tone - almost as though the poet were whining - that misses the poet's feeling of uncertainty . The ...
Page 180
... leaves from shrubs and trees . At dawn , the pigs and chickens scatter . Out of the distance , I hear the first sounds of battle . The woodcutter's song is over . Soon he will leave the village . Homeless and old , I long for a word ...
... leaves from shrubs and trees . At dawn , the pigs and chickens scatter . Out of the distance , I hear the first sounds of battle . The woodcutter's song is over . Soon he will leave the village . Homeless and old , I long for a word ...
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... leave behind . Bashō himself would leave behind a number of gifts upon his death some five years later , among them a journal composed after this journey , his health again in decline , a journal made up 197 Bashō's Ghost.
... leave behind . Bashō himself would leave behind a number of gifts upon his death some five years later , among them a journal composed after this journey , his health again in decline , a journal made up 197 Bashō's Ghost.
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