Yes, were I in Japan today
These things I'd do, and more.
For Ise gleams in royal groves,
And Nara with its lore,
And Nikko hid in mountains — where
The Shogun, great of yore,
Built timeless tombs whose glory glooms
Funereally o'er.
These things I'd do! But last of all,
On Kamakura's lea,
I'd seek Daibutsu's face of calm
And still the final sea
Of all the West within me — from
Its fret and fever free
My spirit — into patience, peace,
And passion's mastery.