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Here is an excerpt from a book I recently read, "The Tale of Genji," by Murasaki Shikibu.

The sight of this palace gave a thrill of sadness to Genji, who was now leaving, and not returning, home. He saw the waves rolling on the coast and again sweep back. He hummed, as he saw them:— 

“The waves roll back, but unlike me, 

 

They come again.”