[154] Blanchisseuse de fin. A laundress.
[155] Tierra del Fuegian. An inhabitant of the archipelago at the extreme southern end of South America.
[156] John Evelyn (1620-1706). The author of a diary kept from 1624-1706 in which he gives a wealth of information concerning life in his period.
[157] Charles I (1600-1649). King of England from 1625 to 1649. He was overthrown and beheaded by the adherents of the parliamentary, or Puritan, forces.
[158] Robert Herrick (1591-1674). An English poet, author of many charming poems, one of which is Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May.
POETIC PROSE
CHILDREN
By YUKIO OZAKI
Madame Ozaki is the wife of a former mayor of Tokyo and former Minister of Justice in the Okuma Cabinet. She writes for many magazines. Among her books are: Warriors of Old Japan; The Japanese Fairy Book; Romances of Old Japan.
The essay is so natural an expression of the writer's personality that it has much in common with lyric poetry. Both the essay and the lyric, at their best, are ardent expressions of self. When the emotion in either is deep and genuine the language takes on richness of rhythm, and the effect becomes entirely poetic. Many of the best essays contain passages that in all except meter and rime are poems,—prose poems.