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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A FRIEND, by HITOMARU
First Line: Japan is not a land where men need pray
Last Line: Will rise within my breast.
Subject(s): Japan; Japanese
First Line: Japan is not a land where men need pray
Last Line: Will rise within my breast.
Subject(s): Japan; Japanese
Japan is not a land where men need pray,
For 'tis itself divine:
Yet do I lift my voice in prayer, and say,
"May every joy be thine!
"And may I too, if thou those joys attain,
Live on to see thee blest!"
Such the fond prayer that, like the restless main,
Will rise within my breast.
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