Yone Noguchi,
The Voice of the Valley — The Song of Songs which is Noguchi’s
(1897)
“ Behold! The night's shadow girding round our half-sphere, the world goes into reverie,—Yea, my spirit in a dream rises afar to steal the matchless pearls of eternal stars! Hark! the far-off fowl sings of the divine morn of light! I hail the glorious sun's ascent!I chant again of the complete order of the universe with the earth, with the heaven above! ”
Yone Noguchi,
The Voice of the Valley — The Song of Songs which is Noguchi’s
(1897)
“ This is the month of gracious shade of trees—dusky hair on the marble ground-chest invoking mortals' worship.Here the composed wonder of the earth-canvas is divided by the proud black shade and virtuous white light. ”
Yone Noguchi,
The Voice of the Valley — The Song of Songs which is Noguchi’s
(1897)
“ Harken, Genii, to the light and shade—gay prattle that is the despair of the poet's soul!— The zealous breezes from the four corners of the universe are pilgrims unto the forest-shrine where I pray.Confess, mortals, the deep-grounded sins of thy memory-record unto the God of the Woodland!Ah, wonderful is the sacred remedy ensainting mortals' self-love at the forest-shrine!Listen! The sorrowless birds rejoice at the revealing of the Perfect Day; they bend not their wishes unto titles and gold.Enter into Paradise, mortals,—the guardian-birds of the hidden gate call thee! ”
