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“Always someone resting there - a lone rock in the summer field”

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Masaoka Shiki was a Japanese poet who is considered one of the most influential figures in the history of Japanese poetry. Born on October 14, 1867, Shiki's brief life was marked by his innovative approach to haiku and tanka, which he used to explore themes of nature, life, and death. His work, characterized by its vivid imagery and introspective tone, had a profound impact on the development of modern Japanese poetry. more

“Oh, father's gone to market-town, he was up before the day, And Jamie's after robins, and the man is making hay, And whistling down the hollow goes the boy that minds the mill, While mother from the kitchen door is calling with a will, "Polly!-Polly!- The cows are in the corn! Oh, where's Polly?"”

Men Mind Mother Father Boys Gone Doors He Man Calling Summer Towns Kitchen Cows Hollow Corn July Mills Robins Jamie Hay Whistling

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“Bright was the summer's noon when quickening steps Followed each other till a dreary moor Was crossed, a bare ridge clomb, upon whose top Standing alone, as from a rampart's edge, I overlooked the bed of Windermere, Like a vast river, stretching in the sun.”

Steps Sun Bed Summer Standing Rivers Edges July Stretching Noon Overlooked Dreary Standing Alone Ridges Moors Quickening

Book:The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth

Source: The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth

“Sumer is icumen in, Lhude sing cucc. Groweth sed, and bloweth med, And springth the wude nu, Sing cuccu!”

Summer July Meds

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