PREFACE
PREFACE Ahh dearest reciter that inst these lines thee doth the poet find andst no orator or sermonizer to thy mind to bind But to thy delight joyous tropes with no morals lined that sing of beauty too to thee with grace pronouncing that thru thy mind skip dancing where grammer doth not rule for beauty be not bound with such a tool for with grammer no beauty be But found except for the controlling for beauty be not inst words tied inst knots of the correct Andst thus inst the words of that Great haisei of Yamato Though this poem be maybe “ poorly tailored and its words badly dyed” Yet May the words onst this page seep perfume to thy nose fromst thy gaze