Sémi

(CICADÆ)

Koë ni mina
Naki-shimōté ya—
Sémi no kara!
Japanese Love-Song

The voice having been all consumed by crying, there remains only the shell of the sémi!


PLATE I.
1-2, Young Sémi.
3-4, Haru-Zémi, also called Nawashiro-Zémi.