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JAPAN

IIIIf you want to meet me, love,Only we twain,Come to the gate, love,Sunshine or rain;Stand in the shadow, love,And if people pry,Say that you came, love,To watch who went by.[1]
If you want to meet me, love,Only we two,Come to the tea-grove, love,Moonlight and dew;Stand among the bushes, love,And if passers see, Say that you came, love,To gather leaves of tea.
If you want to meet me, love,Only you and I;Come to the pine-tree, love,Clouds or clear sky;Stand among the spikelets, love,And if folks ask why,Say that you came, love,To catch a butterfly.

Any allusion to Japanese dancing immediately recalls to the memory of foreigners familiar with Japan the image of a girl exquisitely refined in all her ways: her costume a chef-d'œuvre of decorative art ; her looks, demure yet arch ; her

  1. ↑ See Appendix, note 29.

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