...Japan even more as a moral duty than as a mere literary act. One old ethical teaching was something like this : ' Are you very angry ? do not say anything unkind, but compose a poem . . . whatever injustice or misfortune disturbs you, put aside your resentment or your sorrow as soon...

...Japan even more as a moral duty than as a mere literary act. One old ethical teaching was something like this : ' Are you very angry ? do not say anything unkind, but compose a poem . . . whatever injustice or misfortune disturbs you, put aside your resentment or your sorrow as soon...

...and to hold them, as if by magic, in a picture, on a vase, or in a delicate and wistful poem." " ' Do not say anything unkind, but compose a poem. Is...many things unfinished? Be brave, and write a poem to death. Whatever misfortune or injustice disturbs you, put aside your resentment or your sorrow as...

...hold them, as if by magic, in a picture, on a vase, or in a delicate and wistful poem." " ' Do not $ay anything unkind, but compose a poem. Is your best-beloved...many things unfinished ? Be brave, and write a poem to death. Whatever misfortune or injustice disturbs you, put aside your resentment or your sorrow as...

...you angry? [says the teacher], do not say anything unkind, but compose a poem. Is your most beloved dead ? Do not yield to useless grief, but try to calm your mind by making a poem. . . . Whatever injustice or misfortune disturbs you, put aside your resentment or your sorrow as soon...