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Sunday, 18 November 2018

The vast flood - Ikkyu

The vast flood
Rolls onward
But yield yourself,
And it floats you upon it.

Ikkyu (Ikkyu Sojun) (1394 - 1481) Japan
Translated by R. H. Blyth

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