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Rh Sugi takashi

Saredomo semi no

Amaru koe!

Koe nagaki

Semi wa mijikaki

Inochi kana!

Some poets celebrate the negative form of plea sure following upon the cessation of the sound:—

Semi ni dete,

Hotaru ni modoru,—

Suzumi kana!—Yayū.

Semi no tatsu,

Ato suzushisa yo!

Matsu no koe.—Baijaku.

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