Princess Shikishi Quotes

• In snowbound, voiceless, mountain depths, to herald spring, pine trees sound in tune.

  Princess Shikishi

  Spring, Tree, Mountain

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• Unnoticed, the passage has occurred; as I brood, autumn dusk dewdrops fall on my pillow. The voices of insects and the deer by the fence, as one, disturb me to tears this autumn dusk.

  Princess Shikishi

  Fall, Autumn, Voice

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