There on the border, where the land of Kai Doth touch the frontier of Suruga's land. A beauteous province stretched on either hand, See Fuji-yama rear his head on high! The clouds of heaven in reverent wonder pause; Nor may the birds those giddy heights essay Where melt thy snows amid thy fires away, Or thy fierce fires lie quenched beneath thy snows. What name might fitly tell, what accents sing, Thine awful, godlike granduer? 'Tis thy breast That holdeth Narusawa's flood at rest, Thy side whence Fujikawa's water spring. Great Fuji-yama, towering to the sky! A treasure art thou given to mortal man, A god-protector watching o'er Japan; On thee forever let me feast mine eye! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SOCIOLOGY OF TOYOTAS AND JADE CHRYSANTHEMUMS by HAYDEN CARRUTH COMPANIONS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON FLUTE-PRIEST SONG FOR RAIN; CEREMONIAL AT THE SUN SPRING by AMY LOWELL MERELY STATEMENT by AMY LOWELL THE ROAD TO AVIGNON by AMY LOWELL WAITER IN A CALIFORNIA VIETNAMESE RESTURANT by CLARENCE MAJOR |