JAPAN'S NATIONAL ANTHEM.
The Japanese national anthem is said to be the most poetically worded in the world, with the possible exception of the Norwegian, " Ja. vi eisker," written by Bjornstjerne Bjor.son. That is, of course, a matter of opinion, but the Japanese anthem is cosnmendably short and makes, in its English form, an pleasing poem- Its ton lines are as follows:— Until this grain of sand.. Tossed by each wavelet's freak,
Grow to a cloud-girt peak Towering above the land; Until the dewy flake Beading this blossom's gold „.Swell to a mighty lakeAge upon age' untold, Joy to manifold .Add 'for Q«r Sovereign's sake.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8407, 8 November 1912, Page 6
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105JAPAN'S NATIONAL ANTHEM. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8407, 8 November 1912, Page 6
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