He waits; and the white
Full robes round his shoulders sway,
With woof of pale orange alight,
Pale green, pale grey.
Like a falcon, flown
To bleak mid-regions of sky,
He poises. One image alone
Holds his sinister eye—
A vision, a prey
Towards which he shall soon be hurled—
And his fury shall darken the day,
And his joy, the world.
. . . . . .
A music enfolds him
Like the thunders that are poured
Across heaven; it holds him
With the song of the sword.
It enthrals, it inspires,
And its zenith shall be
Lightning of unleashed desires
Crashing along the sea.
SHUNSHO: AN ACTOR OF THE ISHIKAWA SCHOOL IN TRAGIC RÔLE.
Size 12 × 6. Signed Shunsho ga.
Plate 19.