V

Yes, were I in Japan today

These things I'd do, and more.

For Ise gleams in royal groves,

And Nara with its lore,

And Nikko hid in mountains — where

The Shogun, great of yore,

Built timeless tombs whose glory glooms

Funereally o'er.

These things I'd do! But last of all,

On Kamakura's lea,

I'd seek Daibutsu's face of calm

And still the final sea

Of all the West within me — from

Its fret and fever free

My spirit — into patience, peace,

And passion's mastery.