Green Willow : and other Japanese fairy tales (1910)
James, Grace, Goble, Warwick, ill · London : Macmillan and Co. · leaf 220
e were hertrailing garments ; her hair was white as it werewith snow that had fallen upon it. Her breathwas quite plainly to be seen as it came from herparted lips. It was like a fair white smoke. Farewell ! Farewell ! she cried, and hervoice grew thin and chill like a piercing winterwind. Her form… … \ (^ IS*.. XX THE FIRE QUEST THE Wise Poet sat reading by the light of histaper. It was a night of the seventh month. Thecicala sang in the flower of the pomegranate, thefrog sang by the pond. The moon was out and allthe stars, the air was heavy and sweet-scented.But the Poet was not happy, for…
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