But in his heart all the while is another knowledge,
The sorrow of the bleakness of the long wet winter night.
Kiyonobu and Kiyomasu Contrasted
One life is a long summer;
Tall hollyhocks stand proud upon its paths;
Little yellow waves of sunlight,
Bring scarlet butterflies.
Another life is a brief autumn,
Fierce storm-rack scrawled with lightning
Passed over it
Leaving the naked bleeding earth,
Stabbed with the swords of the rain.
An Actor
He plots for he is angry,
He sneers for he is bold.