Old Scent Of The Plum-Tree

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Title:     Old Scent Of The Plum-Tree
Author: Edward Powys Mathers [More Titles by Mathers]

Remembering what passed
Under the scent of the plum-tree,
I asked the plum-tree for tidings
Of that other.
Alas ... the cold moon of spring....

From the Japanese of Fujiwara Ietaka. (1158-1237).

[The end]
Edward Powys Mathers's poem: Old Scent Of The Plum-Tree

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