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Rh compel attention. For the poet, however, the true dragon-fly of autumn is the red dragon-fly:

"Spring," says a Japanese poet, "is the Season of the Eyes; Autumn is the Season of the Ears,"—meaning that in spring the blossoming of the trees and the magic of morning haze make delight for the eyes, and that in autumn the ears are charmed by the music of countless insects. But he goes on to 註