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TANKA: 2, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Harshly loud the key
Last Line: Widow, yes, clasp close his child!


Harshly loud the key
Shrieked as it locked tight his tomb;
But from a pine bough
Sweetly a robin's song trilled.
Widow, yes, clasp close his child!





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