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“Giddy grasshopperTake care...do not leap and crushThese pearls of dewdrop”
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“In the city fields Contemplating cherry-trees...Strangers are like friends”
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“Hi! My little hutIs newly-thatched I see...Blue morning-glories”
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“Arise from sleep, old cat,And with great yawns and stretchings...Amble out for love”
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“On the Death of his ChildDew Evaporates And all our world is dew...so dear, So fresh, so fleeting”
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“Not gifted with genius but honestly holding his experiences deep in his heart, he kept his simplicity and humanity.”
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“Dry creekglimpsed by lightning”
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“Even in warmestglow how cold my shadow”
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“HereI'm here-the snow falling.”
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