. The mythology of all races. is their home, and Buddhas, too, are they. Chorus The fairy robes the maidens limbs endue Fairy Are, like the very heavns, of tendrest blue: * Chorus Or, like the mists of spring, all silvry white,Fragrant and fair, —too fair for mortal sight!Dance on, sweet maiden, through the happy hours!Dance on, sweet maiden, while the magic flowrsCrowning thy tresses flutter in the windRaised by thy waving pinions intertwind!Dance on, for neer to mortal dance tis givenTo vie with that sweet dance thou bringst from heavn;And when, cloud-soaring, thou shalt all too soonHomeward
. The mythology of all races. is their home, and Buddhas, too, are they. Chorus The fairy robes the maidens limbs endue Fairy Are, like the very heavns, of tendrest blue: * Chorus Or, like the mists of spring, all silvry white,Fragrant and fair, —too fair for mortal sight!Dance on, sweet maiden, through the happy hours!Dance on, sweet maiden, while the magic flowrsCrowning thy tresses flutter in the windRaised by thy waving pinions intertwind!Dance on, for neer to mortal dance tis givenTo vie with that sweet dance thou bringst from heavn;And when, cloud-soaring, thou shalt all too soonHomeward return to the full-shining moonThen hear our prayrs, and from thy bounteous handPour sevnfold treasures on our happy land; PLATE XVIII The Fairies of the Cherry Blossoms PlayingMusic in Unison with the Koto Played byTHE Emperor Temmu The costume of the sitting Emperor is not of the/th century but of the loth century. The fairies aredepicted in the attire of Buddhist angels (Tennin).See p. 261. Taken from Yamato Meisho FAIRIES, CELESTIAL BEINGS 261 Bless evry coast, refresh each panting field,That earth may still her proper increase yield!But ah, the hour, the hour of parting rings!Caught by the breeze, the fairys magic wingsHeavnward do bear her from the pine-clad shore, Past Ukishimas widely-stretching moor,Past Ashitakas heights, and where are spreadThe eternal snows on Fujiyamas head,—Higher and higher to the azure skies,Till wandring vapours hide her from our eyes! The Azuma dance, as it Is called, Is supposed to have Itsorigin in the dance of this fairy on the beach of Miho, and inlike manner the Goset or Five Tact dance Is ascribed tothe fairies of the cherry-blossoms. When the Emperor Tem-mu, who reigned in the seventh century, was playing on theKoto in the palace of Yoshino, the place of cherry-blossoms,five fairies appeared in the sky, playing on their instruments inharmony with the royal musician, and danced before him thedance of five tacts. Thereafter, the
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