Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive/American Libraries. See https://archive.org/details/journalfromjapan00stopiala Land that mused while the world was striving! Land that dreamed while the nations fought! Truth with thy dreamers had forgathered, Peace, in thine isles enclosed, had taught Her secret laws of Beauty to thy sons. Then men spent hours beneath the cherry trees, Or watched the pointed Iris pierce the ground. They cultivated Wisdom on their knees And regulated life in ways profound. Then thy fair daughters ministered to men, Subduing and subdued their graceful form. Dreamland of Beauty, girt by glowing seas! Thou didst appear unfitted for the storm T…
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