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So magical its glow, I dare

Think of it only when

My heart is strong to shun the snare

Of witcheries that men

May lose their souls in evermore,

Nor, after, care nor ken.

V

Yes, were I in Japan today

These things I'd do, and more.

For Ise gleams in royal groves,

And Nara with its lore,

And Nikko hid in mountains—where

The Shogun, great of yore,

Built timeless tombs whose glory glooms

Funereally o'er.

These things I'd do! But last of all,

On Kamakura's lea,

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I'd seek Daibutsu's face of calm

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