Having Seen Them Long Poem by Saigyo

Having Seen Them Long

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Having seen them long,
I hold the flowers so dear
That when they scatter
I find it all the more sad
To bid them my last farewell.

Saigyo
Thursday, January 1, 2004
Topic(s) of this poem: farewell,flowers,sad
poem poems farewell sad Flowers
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Fabrizio Frosini 02 June 2016

Saigyo portrayed nature and the universe as he saw them, peering out through the window of his hut or sitting on a rock in front of his door..

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