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... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 IMITATED FROM THE JAPANESE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 SWEET DANCER . . . . . .... ...love her never more. Vijaya. Ay, ay. Anashuya. Swear by the parents of the gods, Dread oath, who dwell on sacred Himalay, On the far Golden peak; enor... ...Who never hear the unforgiving hound. Swear! Vijaya. By the parents of the gods, I swear. Anashuya [sings]. I have forgiven, O new star! Maybe you hav... ... never blew, And lost the world and Emer for a kiss; And him who drove the gods out of their liss, And till a hundred moms had flowered red Feasted, an... ... cups went round at close of day — Is not that how good stories run? — The gods were sitting at the board In their great house at Slievenamon. They sa... ...d hammered out on mountain top To hold the sacred stuff he brews That only gods may buy of him. Now from that juice that made them wise All those had ... ...POEMS OF W.B. YEATS Quiet lands or unquiet seas Where the Indians trade or Japanese? He never found his rest ashore, Moping for one voyage more. Where... ...to day is some religious festival They had a priest say Mass, and even the Japanese, Heel up and weight on toe, must face the wall — Pedant in passion... ...es, their eyes, Their ancient, glittering eyes, are gay. IMITATED FROM THE JAPANESE A MOST astonishing thing — Seventy years have I lived; (Hurrah for...

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...ople of dif- Best of Freshman Writing 5 ferent nationalities—the Chinese, Japanese, Romans, and Indians with their feather headdresses and all of the... ..., the visitor is told about the Mayan worship of their celestial and snake gods, according to which they would sacrifice young virgins as a trib- ute ... ...which they would sacrifice young virgins as a trib- ute and to honor Mayan gods. Throwing young vir- gins into abysmal pits alive, Mayans considered i...

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...are teased and tormented the way that Klebold and Harris were hold them as gods (Drummond 29). Children who are teased constantly feel like they are n... ...uses and taxis. Armored police cars surreptitiously crawl down the road as Japanese tourists take pictures of the machine guns resting on the front of...

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...standing; and he who travels twenty sleeps on the Long Trail is a man whom the gods may envy. The afternoon wore on, and with the awe, born of the Whi... ...ent with existence in the new land; he must abandon the old ideals and the old gods, and oftentimes he must re verse the very codes by which his cond... ... a slight wreathing of the lips in the wonderful smile, and he walked with the gods for hours to come. It was a new stimulant to his manhood; for the ... ... River. He of the Otter Skins was there, and with him walked a man such as the gods have almost for gotten how to fashion. Men never talked of luck a... ...ho shared his fortunes. As has been noted, in the making of Axel Gunderson the gods had remembered their old time cunning, and cast him after the man ... ...nds of the earth, and had neither gods nor homes, sailing under the flag of the Japanese. And with them I went to the rich beaches of Copper Island, wh...

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... their order. But this must not be taken as a propitiatory offering to the gods of shipwreck; I trust my cargo unreservedly to the chances of the sea;... ...ila- rated by the dreary chronicling of his worst. “But,” as he says, “the gods do not hear any rude or discordant sound, as we learn from the echo; a... ...his would be a loss not easy to exagger- ate. It is still wonderful to the Japanese how far he contrived to push these explorations; a cultured gentle... ...er another, and the main work still halted; but so long as he had a single Japanese to enlighten and prepare for the better future, he could still fee... ...y European creature the same face of awe and terror as to these courageous Japanese. The descent of Ulysses into hell is a parallel more near the case... ...reaty with the Shogun’s Government; it was one of the stipulations that no Japanese was to be aided in escap- ing from Japan; and Yoshida and his foll... ...ast was enough drinking for a lifetime. T ruly, of our pleasant vices, the gods make whips to scourge us. And secondly he was condemned to be hanged. ... ...an confidence, nor to the spirit of the bright Greek saying, that whom the gods 141 Familiar Studies of Men & Books love die early. It is a poor hear...

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... define reli- gion as an external art, the art of winning the favor of the gods. In the more personal branch of religion it is on the contrary the inn... ...possible 37 William James the systematic theology and the ideas about the gods themselves, and to confine myself as far as I can to personal religion... ...eated as a floating general quality, becomes exceed- ingly vague, for many gods have flourished in reli- gious history, and their attributes have been... ...eek some answer to this question before we proceed farther. For one thing, gods are conceived to be first things in the way of being and power. They o... ...ltation the spirit of the Roman Emperor is! Compare his fine sentence: “If gods care not for me or my children, here is a reason for it,” with Job’s c... ...that a friend with whom he was talking of the self-control attained by the Japanese through their practice of the Buddhist discipline said:— “‘You mus... ...,’ said I, ‘is that possible?’ ‘Yes,’ replied he; ‘it is pos- sible to the Japanese, and ought to be possible to us.’ “On my way back I could think of...

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...those who, like Buddha and Mahomet, have been raised to the height of demi gods by worshipping millions, there are names which leap inevitably to the ... ... and riot in their train, while the ignominious termina tion of the Russo Japanese war showed that even the magnificent morale of the Russian soldier... ... they said that their chief reason was the fact that the Church worshipped gods made of wood, which, far from being ordained, were condemned by the Sc... ...and Chouev made clear to him that the true law consists in not worshipping gods made with hands, but worship ping the spirit and the truth. He told h...

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.........................280 A Hand Mirror..................................282 Gods....................................................282 Germs........... ... Lads ahold of fire engines and hook and ladder ropes no less to me than the gods of the antique wars, Minding their voices peal through the crash of ... ...arth after five thousand years, Waiting responses from oracles, honoring the gods, saluting the sun, Making a fetich of the first rock or stump, powow... ...ssions, loves, beauties, delights of the earth, All the governments, judges, gods, follow’d persons of the earth, These are contain’d in sex as parts ... ... the mistletoe and vervain, I see the temples of the deaths of the bodies of Gods, I see the old signifiers. I see Christ eating the bread of his last... ...ou Thibet trader on the wide inland or bargaining in the shops of Lassa! You Japanese man or woman! you liver in Madagascar, Ceylon, Sumatra, Borneo! ...

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...hands as though, en gaged for ever in a mystic rite, to invoke outlandish gods. Her face was very pale, and her dark eyes were sleepless; the jewels ... ... she, too, struggled aimlessly to escape from the poison that the immortal gods poured in her veins. She asked herself frantically whether a spell had... ...ain tree upon which her eyes now rested. It had all the slim delicacy of a Japanese print. The leaves were slender and fragile, half gold with autumn,... ...to become greater than the common run of men and to wield the power of the gods. They hesitated at nothing to gain their ends. But Nature with difficu... ... it was one mass of flame. It looked like some primeval furnace, where the gods might work unheard of miracles. ‘Arthur, what have you done?’ asked Su...

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...rriage of violence, rapine, pillage, in a word, war and conquest, with the gods successively created by the theo- logical fantasy of nations. It has b... ...e same popular objec- tion as at present to any large influx of Chinese or Japanese labor. Yet if Japan also were to become a Socialist State, the Jap...

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...alace. It was with his own life that my companion disarmed the envy of the gods. He fought his paper single-handed; trusting no one, for he was someth... ...gineers to the Indian, the 59 Memories and Portraits New Zealand, and the Japanese Lighthouse Boards, so that Edinburgh was a world centre for that b... ...re, where they fill the round of the world’s dignities, and feast with the gods, exulting in Kudos. And when the talk is over, each goes his way, stil...

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...asure that no brave man has ever given a rush for such considerations. The Japanese have a nobler and more senti- mental feeling for this social bond ... ...d out in many, and their numbers were sadly thinned. Some followed strange gods in the direction of Drummond Street, and others slunk back to meek goo... ..., wither, waste, and ruin, what thou wilt, But call not Greatness what the Gods call Guilt. Blossoms and grass from blood in battle spilt, And poppied... ...anners? I and my companion, methought, walked the streets like a couple of gods among a swarm of vermin; for every one we saw seemed to bear openly up...

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...res- coes, Ellen.” “Frescoes! Why, those are those horrid improper-looking gods and goddesses in clouds and chariots on the ceilings at Belforest,” ob... ...I wanted to look at the rest, but Miss James said they were horrid heathen gods, not fit for little girls to look at; and, mother, Ellie is so silly, ... ... is a thing I wish very much—to send your John to Eton with mine. He is my godson, you know, and it would be such a pleasure to me.” “Thank you, Carol... ...nd Mrs. Lucas, to which she took her two youngest boys, since Jock was the godson of the house, and had moreover been shaken off by his two elder brot... ...rincipal to a European college at Yokohama for the higher education of the Japanese. “Mother has not heard of it,” said Jock. “She need not till it is... ...rly in the next year, he was to go out with his Principal to confer on the Japanese the highest possible cul- ture in science and literature without a... ... deign to save, Yea, goddess, it is she, Kailyal—” “Are you learning Japanese?” asked Jock, advancing, so that Armine started like Ladurlad hims... ...f leisure in his work, caused by his appointment as principal to an- other Japanese college. He had gone to the bank where Jock had given an address, ... ...was such a daughter to you, mother. Allen says he is thankful she is not a Japanese with black teeth.” “He wrote very nicely to her, and so did Elfie,...

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...e, and be a man, and forget it all. When Homer describes the battle of the gods and noble men fighting with giants and dragons, they represent under t... ...e, and be a man, and forget it all. When Homer describes the battle of the gods and noble men fighting with giants and dragons, they represent under t... ...ower that you so diametrically opposed. We have sword by the saints—by the gods of battle, and by that faith whereby just men are made perfect—to be u... ...in with a glance which was full of affectionate worship. One of those soft Japanese fabrics with which women drape with careful negligence the upper p...

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..., which 36 Cashel Byron’s Profession were covered in leather stamped with Japanese dragon de- signs in copper-colored metal. Near the fireplace was a... ...e her mother’s drawing-room, which she had garnished with cheap cretonnes, Japanese paper fans, and knick-knacks in ornamental pottery. She felt now t... ...f the Olympian Club, who appeared when the soldiers retired, to the marble gods of Athens, and to the Bacchus or David of Michael Angelo. They fell sh...

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...ntic alligator. The key was in her hand. Her dark hair, like the hair of a Japanese, had come down and covered her body and her face. Leonora lifted h... ...ss a bulb to raise the house. And I was provided with an axe—an axe!—great gods, with which to break down her door in case she ever failed to answer m...

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...had been in all the countries of all the world: “Australia girl fine girl— Japanese girl cleanest girl of the world—Spanish girl all right—English gir... ...n the whole thing. Now we come to the story of Jean’s undoing, and may the gods which made Jean le Nègre give me grace to tell it as it was. The troub...

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...titles used in addressing chieftains, and in the propitiation of kings and gods, very commonly im- pute a propensity for overbearing violence and an i... ...been worked out in various parts of the world; as, for instance, among the Japanese, Chinese, and other Ori- ental nations; likewise among the Greeks,...

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...mproving themselves by the example of any other nation, except that of the Japanese. The policy of ancient Egypt, too, and that of the Gentoo gov- ern... ...y referring all those wonderful appearances to the immediate agency of the gods. Philosophy afterwards endeavoured to account for them from more famil... ...r from such as mankind were better acquainted with, than the agency of the gods. As those great phenomena are the first objects of human curiosity, so...