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1819·Kashiwabara, Japan

This world of dew / is only a world of dew — / and yet... and yet...

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Furthermore, form and substance are like dew on a blade of grass, and fleeting life is as a flash of lightning, instantly emptied and immediately lost.

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We are such stuff As dreams are made on; and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.

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My life is like a stroll upon the beach, As near the ocean's edge as I can go.

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