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Dai Butsu. {70}

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He sits. Upon the kingly head doth rest         The round-balled wimple, and the heavy rings         Touch on the shoulders where the shadow clings.      The downward garment shows the ambiguous breast;      The face - that face one scarce can look on lest         One learn the secret of unspeakable things;         But the dread gaze descends with shudderings,      To the veiled couched knees, the hands and thumbs close-pressed.      O lidded, downcast eyes that bear the weight         Of all our woes and terrible wrong's increase:         Proud nostrils, lips proud-perfecter than these,      With what a soul within you do you wait!      Disdain and pity, love late-born of hate,         Passion eternal, patience, pain and peace!

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