And pause like long flags flapping,

And dart and flutter aloft, like a wind-bewildered crane.

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[59]

 Wind and Chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemums bending

Before the wind.

Chrysanthemums wavering

In the black choked grasses.

The wind frowns at them,

He tears off a green and orange stalk of broken chrysanthemum.

The chrysanthemums spread their flattered heads,

And scurry off before the wind.

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[60]

 The Endless Pilgrimage

Storm-birds of autumn

With draggled wings:

Sleet-beaten, wind-tattered, snow-frozen,

Stopping in sheer weariness

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