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Reggie was alone. "I see that my fate is sealed," he said, as he rose to meet them. "'The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes!" Nusubito wo Toraete mireba Waga ko nari. The thief When I caught him and looked at him, Lo! My own child! A week of very hard work began for Reggie.
But the crowds of Japanese closed in upon him; he struggled in vain. Inishi toshi Ne-kojite uyeshi Waga yodo no Wakaki no ume wa Hana saki ni keri. The young plum tree Of my house Which in bygone years I dug up by the roots and transplanted Has at last bloomed with flowers. Next morning Geoffrey rose earlier than was his wont; and arrayed in one of his many kimonos, entered his sitting-room.
He withdraws it slowly from its woven envelope, lifts it reverentially to his forehead, unrolls it, lifts it again to his forehead, and after a moment's dignified pause begins in that clear deep voice of his to read the melodious syllables after the ancient way, which is like a chant: 'CHO-KU-G U. Chin omommiru ni waga koso koso kuni wo....
A Lafcadio Hearn may write delightfully about that special seventeen syllable form of Japanese verse known as the hokku. Here is a hokku by Basho, one of the most skilled composers in that form. Waga tomo ni sen Neru kocho!" Wake up! "Clad in blue silk and bright embroidery At the first call of Spring the fair young bride, On whom as yet Sorrow has laid no scar, Climbs the Kingfisher's Tower.
This not only insures a smooth, melodious flow, but enables the composer to heighten the effect of any situation by choosing consonants that harmonize with it. What, for instance, could be more delightfully descriptive than the words sung by the three Rhine daughters as they merrily swim and gambol under the water in "Rheingold:" "Weia! Waga! Woge, du Welle, Walle zur Wiege! Wagalaweia!
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