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# Renascence and Other Poems/When the Year Grows Old

WHEN THE YEAR GROWS OLD
I cannot but remember When the year grows old— October—November— How she disliked the cold!
She used to watch the swallows Go down aeross the sky, And turn from the window With a little sharp sigh
And often when the brown leaves Were brittle on the ground,
And the wind in the chimney Made a melancholy sound.
She had a look about her That I wish I could forget— The look of a scared thing Sitting in a net!
Oh, beautiful at nightfall The soft spitting snow! And beautiful the bare boughs Rubbing to and fro!
But the roaring of the fire, And the warmth of fur,
And the boiling of the kettle
Were beautiful to her!
I cannot but remember When the year grows old— October—November— How she disliked the cold!
# Renascence and Other Poems/Bluebeard

VI
BLUEBEARD
This door you might not open, and you did; So enter now, and see for what slight thing
You are betrayed. … Here is no treasure hid, No cauldron, no clear crystal mirroring The sought-for truth, no heads of women slain For greed like yours, no writhings of distress, But only what you see. . . . Look yet again—
An empty room, cobwebbed and comfortless. Yet this alorne out of my life I kept Unto myself, lest any know me quite; And you did so profane me when you crept Unto the threshold of this room to-night That I must never more behold your face. This now is yours. I seek another place.
# Renascence and Other Poems/Unnamed Sonnets

SONNETS
i
Thou art not lovelier than lilacs,—no, Nor honeysuckle; thou art not more fair Than small white single poppies,—I can bear Thy beauty; though I bend before thee, though From left to right, not knowing where to go, I turn my troubled eyes, nor here nor there Find any refuge from thee, yet I swear So has it been with mist,—with moonlight, so.
Like him who day by day unto his draught Of delicate poison adds him one drop more Till he may drink unharmed the death of ten, Even so, inured to beauty, who have quaffed Each hour more deeply than the hour before, I drink—and live—what has destroyed some men.
ii
Time does not bring relief; you all have lied Who told me time would ease me of my pain! I miss him in the weeping of the rain; I want him at the shrinking of the tide; The old snows melt from every mountain-side, And last year's leaves are smoke in every lane; But last year's bitter loving must remain Heaped on my heart, and my old thoughts abide!
There are a hundred places where I fear To go,—so with his memory they brim! And entering with relief some quiet place Where never fell his foot or shone his face I say, "There is no memory of him here!" And so stand stricken, so remembering him!
iii
Mindful of you the sodden earth in spring. And all the flowers that in the springtime grow, And dusty roads, and thistles, and the slow Rising of the round moon, all throats that sing The summer through, and each departing wing, And all the nests that the bared branches show, And all winds that in any weather blow, And all the storms that the four seasons bring.
You go no more on your exultant feet Up paths that only mist and morning knew, Or watch the wind, or listen to the beat Of a bird's wings too high in air to view,— But you were something more than young and sweet And fair,—and the long year remembers you.
iv
Not in this chamber only at my birth— When the long hours of that mysterious night Were over, and the morning was in sight— I cried, but in strange places, steppe and firth I have not seen, through alien grief and mirth; And never shall one room contain me quite Who in so many rooms first saw the light, Child of all mothers, native of the earth.
So is no warmth for me at any fire To-day, when the world's fire has burned so low; I kneel, spending my breath in vain desire, At that coldhearth which one time roared so strong And straighten back in weariness, and long To gather up my little gods and go.
v
If I should learn, in some quite casual way, That you were gone, not to return again- Read from the back-page of a paper, say, Held by a neighbor in a subway train, How at the corner of this avenue And such a street (so are the papers filled) A hurrying man—who happened to be you— At noon to-day had happened to be killed, I should not cry aloud—I could not cry Aloud, or wring my hands in such a place— I should but watch the station lights rush by With a more careful interest on my face, Or raise my eyes and read with greater care Where to store furs and how to treat the hair
# Caroling Dusk/Georgia Dusk

GEORGIA DUSK
# Georgia Dusk

* "Georgia Dusk", published in Cane (1923)
* "Georgia Dusk", published in Caroling Dusk (1927)
# Cane (Toomer)/Georgia Dusk

The sky, lazily disdaining to pursue
The setting sun, too indolent to hold
A lengthened tournament for flashing gold,
Passively darkens for night’s barbecue,
A feast of moon and men and barking hounds,
An orgy for some genius of the South
With blood-hot eyes and cane-lipped scented mouth,
Surprised in making folk-songs from soul sounds.
The sawmill blows its whistle, buzz-saws stop,
And silence breaks the bud of knoll and hill,
Soft settling pollen where plowed lands
Their early promise of a bumper crop.
Smoke from the pyramidal sawdust pile
Curls up, blue ghosts of trees, tarrying low
Where only chips and stumps are left to show
The solid proof of former domicile.
Meanwhile, the men, with vestiges of pomp,
Race memories of king and caravan,
High-priests, an ostrich, and a juju-man,
Go singing through the footpaths of the swamp.
Their voices rise ... the pine trees are guitars,
Strumming, pine-needles fall like sheets of rain...
Their voices rise ... the chorus of the cane
Is caroling a vesper to the stars...
O singers, resinous and soft your songs
Above the sacred whisper of the pines,
Give virgin lips to cornfield concubines,
Bring dreams of Christ to dusky cane-lipped throngs.
# Song of the Son

* "Song of the Son", published in Cane (1923)
* "Song of the Son", published in Caroling Dusk (1927)
# Face

* "Face", published in Cane (1923)
* "Face", published in Caroling Dusk (1927)
# Cotton Song

* "Cotton Song", published in Cane (1923)
* "Cotton Song", published in Caroling Dusk (1927)
# Caroling Dusk/Song of the Son

SONG OF THE SON
# Caroling Dusk/Cotton Song

COTTON SONG
# Caroling Dusk/Face

FACE
# Caroling Dusk/November Cotton Flower

NOVEMBER COTTON FLOWER
# November Cotton Flower

* "November Cotton Flower", published in Cane (1923)
* "November Cotton Flower", published in Caroling Dusk (1927)
# Cane (Toomer)/November Cotton Flower

Boll-weevil’s coming, and the winter’s cold,
Made cotton-stalks look rusty, seasons old,
And cotton, scarce as any southern snow,
Was vanishing; the branch, so pinched and slow,
Failed in its function as the autumn rake;
Drouth fighting soil had caused the soil to take
All water from the streams; dead birds were found
In wells a hundred feet below the ground—
Such was the season when the flower bloomed.
Old folks were startled, and it soon assumed
Significance. Superstition saw
Something it had never seen before:
Brown eyes that loved without a trace of fear,
Beauty so sudden for that time of year.
# United Nations Treaty Series/Volume 318/1/4615

No. 4615
JAPAN and SPAIN
Exchange of notes constituting an agreement regarding the settlement of the problem concerning certain types of Spanish claims. Madrid, 8 January 1957
Official texts: English and Spanish.
Registered by Japan on 31 December 1958.
I
January 8, 1957
Monsieur le Ministre,
With reference to our recent conversations regarding the settlement of the problem concerning certain types of Spanish claims, I have the honour to inform Your Excellency that the Government of Japan proposes that the two Governments agree upon the following arrangements:
* For the purpose of satisfying the claims for reparation of the damage and sufferings caused during the Second World War by agencies of the Government of Japan upon the Government of Spain and Spanish nationals and for which the Government of Japan is held responsible under the rules of international law, the Government of Japan will pay to the Government of Spain the amount equivalent to five million five hundred thousand United States dollars.
* The payment referred to in the preceding paragraph will be made by the end of March, 1957, with the United States dollars or Pounds sterling at the option of the Government of Japan.
* Payment of the amount mentioned in paragraph 1 above fully and finally discharges the Government of Japan from all liability in respect of all the claims for reparation of the damage and sufferings mentioned in the said paragraph.
I have further the honour to propose that this Note and Your Excellency's reply confirming the acceptance by your Government of the above proposal shall be regarded as constituting an agreement between the two Governments which enters into effect on the date of Your Excellency's Note of reply.
I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency, Monsieur le Ministre, the assurance of my highest consideration.
Shigeru Yosano Ambassador of Japan
His Excellency Mr. Alberto Martin Artajo
[Translation — Traduction]
MINISTERIO DE ASUNTOS EXTERIORES
January 8, 1957
Monsieur l'Ambassadeur,
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's Note dated January 8th, 1957, which reads as follows:
[See note 1]
I have further the honour to inform Your Excellency that the Government of Spain accepts the proposal of the Government of Japan embodied in the Note under acknowledgement and to confirm that the Note and this reply are considered as constituting an agreement between the two Governments which enters into effect on this date.
I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency, Monsieur l'Ambassadeur, the assurance of my high consideration.
Alberto Martín Artajo
His Excellency Mr. Shigeru Yosano Ambassador of Japan
* ↑ Came into force on 8 January 1957 by the exchange of the said notes.
* ↑ Translation provided by the Government of Japan.
* ↑ TRaduction transmise par le Gouvernement japonais.
* ↑ Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
# United Nations Treaty Series/Volume 318/1/4616

No. 4616
JAPAN
and
LUXEMBOURG
Official text: French.
Registered by Japan on 31 December 1958.
[Translation — Traduction]
I
Luxembourg, 18 December 1956
AJ-L-122
Your Excellency,
I have the honour to refer to the exemption of Japanese and Luxembourg nationals from visa formalities and to inform you that the Japanese Government is prepared to conclude with the Luxembourg Government the following Arrangement:
* Japanese nationals holding valid Japanese passports may enter the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, by whatever route and from whatever country they may travel, for a period not exceeding two consecutive months without having to obtain a visa in advance.
* Luxembourg nationals holding valid Luxembourg passports may enter Japan, by whatever route and from whatever country they may travel, for a period not exceeding two consecutive months without having to obtain a visa in advance.
* Japanese and Luxembourg nationals who wish to remain for more than two months or who intend to seek employment or to engage in an occupation or other gainful activity in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg or Japan, as the case may be, shall apply for the necessary visa from the competent Luxembourg or Japanese diplomatic or consular authority. The visa shall be issued free of charge.
* It is understood that the waiving of the visa requirement does not relieve Japanese or Luxembourg nationals of the obligation to comply with Luxembourg or Japanese laws and regulations on the entry, residence and departure of aliens.
* Each of the two Governments reserves the right to refuse to permit the entry or residence in its territory of nationals who are considered undesirable.
* This Arrangement shall enter into force on I February 1957. It may be denounced by either Government on one month's notice.
reply confirming the concurrence of the Luxembourg Government as constituting an agreement between the two Governments on the matter.
I have the honour to be, etc.
Ryuji Takeuchi Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Japan
His Excellency Mr. Joseph Bech Minister of Foreign Affairs Luxembourg
II
Luxembourg, 18 December 1956
Your Excellency,
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today's date in which you informed me of the following:
[See note I]
I have the honour to confirm that the Luxembourg Government is in agreement with your letter and that it considers your letter, together with this reply, as constituting an agreement between the two Governments on the matter.
I have the honour to be, etc.
J. Bech
His Excellency Mr. Ryuji Takeuchi Minister of Japan Luxembourg
# United Nations Treaty Series/Volume 318/1/4617

No. 4617
JAPAN
and
Official texts: French and Japanese.
Registered by Japan on 31 December 1958.
The Government of Japan and the Government of the French Republic,
Desiring to arrive at a final settlement of the question pending between them concerning the accounts established at the Yokohama Specie Bank in the name of the Banque de l'Indochine,
Have agreed as follows:
1. (a) The Government of Japan shall pay to the Government of the French Republic, not later than 31 March 1957, the equivalent in pounds sterling of 1,500 million yen and the sum of $US 479,651.
(b) The amounts in pounds sterling payable in accordance with sub-paragraph (a) above shall be determined by the cable selling rate of the pound sterling quoted on the date of payment by the banks authorized to act as agents in Japan.
2. Once the payments referred to in the preceding paragraph have been made, the Government of the French Republic undertakes to make no further claim against the Government of Japan with respect to the accounts established at the Yokohama Specie Bank in the name of the Banque de l'Indochine.
3. This Protocol shall enter into force on the date of its signature.
In witness whereof the representatives of both countries, being duly authorized by their respective Governments, have signed this Protocol.
Done at Tokyo, in duplicate, in the Japanese and French languages, both texts being equally authentic, on 27 March 1957.
# Caroling Dusk/Joseph S. Cotter, Jr.

JOSEPH S. COTTER, JR.
“At Thanksgiving time 1894 Paul Laurence Dunbar, the Negro poet, was a guest in my house in Louisville, Ky. ​Here for the first time in the South he read the Negro dialect poems that afterwards made him famous.
September 2nd, 1895, my son, the late Joseph S. Cotter, Jr., was born in the room in which these poems were read. He learned to read and write from his sister, Florence Olivia, who was two years older. Before he entered school at the age of six years he had read about thirty books—these included all the readers in the elementary schools—1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8th grades and parts of the Bible.
Mrs. Maria F. Cotter, my wife, and I held both children back. We refused to allow them to be promoted in several instances. Both were graduated from the Louisville Central High School under 16; Florence Olivia won first honor of her class and Joseph the second. He was graduated June 1911. After a year and a half at Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., Florence Olivia wrote us that Joseph had tuberculosis and must leave school. He returned home and was put under a doctor. The 16th of the following December, Florence Olivia returned from Fisk with tuberculosis, and one year from that day she died. It was grieving over his sister’s death that discovered to Joseph his poetic talent. He died February 8rd, 1919, leaving his published poems,—The Band of Gideon and two other unpublished works—one of poems and one of one-act plays.”
Joseph S. Cotter, Sr.
RAIN MUSIC
# Rain Music

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* "Rain Music", a poem by Joseph S. Cotter, Jr.
* "Rain Music", a poem by Olive Custance
# The Book of American Negro Poetry/Rain Music

RAIN MUSIC
On the dusty earth-drum
Beats the falling rain;
Now a whispered murmur,
Now a louder strain.
Slender, silvery drumsticks,
On an ancient drum,
Beat the mellow music
Bidding life to come.
Chords of earth awakened,
Notes of greening spring.
Rise and fall triumphant
Over every thing.
Slender, silvery drumsticks
Beat the long tattoo—
God, the Great Musician,
Calling life anew.
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# Rain Music (Cotter)

* "Rain Music", published in The Book of American Negro Poetry (1922)
* "Rain Music", published in Caroling Dusk (1927)
# Supplication

* "Supplication", published in The Band of Gideon and Other Lyrics (1918)
* "Supplication", published in The Book of American Negro Poetry (1922)
* "Supplication", published in Caroling Dusk (1927)
# An April Day (Longfellow)

When the warm sun, that brings Seed-time and harvest, has returned again, 'T is sweet to visit the still wood, where springs  The first flower of the plain.
 I love the season well, When forest glades are teeming with bright forms, Nor dark and many-folded clouds foretell  The coming-on of storms.
 From the earth's loosened mould The sapling draws its sustenance, and thrives; Though stricken to the heart with winter's cold,  The drooping tree revives.
 The softly-warbled song Comes from the pleasant woods, and colored wings Glance quick in the bright sun, that moves along  The forest openings.
 When the bright sunset fills The silver woods with light, the green slope throws Its shadows in the hollows of the hills,  And wide the upland glows.
 And when the eve is born, In the blue lake the sky, o'er-reaching far, Is hollowed out, and the moon dips her horn,  And twinkles many a star.
 Inverted in the tide Stand the gray rocks, and trembling shadows throw, And the fair trees look over, side by side,  And see themselves below.
 Sweet April! many a thought Is wedded unto thee, as hearts are wed; Nor shall they fail, till, to its autumn brought,  Life's golden fruit is shed.
This work was published before January 1, 1930, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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# An April Day

This is a disambiguation page. It lists works that share the same title. If an article link referred you here, please consider editing it to point directly to the intended page.
* "An April Day", a poem by Joseph S. Cotter, Jr.
* "An April Day", a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
# An April Day (Cotter)

* "An April Day", published in The Band of Gideon and Other Lyrics (1918)
* "An April Day", published in Caroling Dusk (1927)
# United Nations Treaty Series/Volume 318/1/4619

No. 4619
JAPAN
and
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Official text: Spanish.
Registered by Japan on 31 December 1958.
Ciudad Trujillo, D. N., 20 March 1957
Your Excellency,
With reference to the exemption of Japanese and Dominican citizens from visa formalities, I have the honour to inform you that the Japanese Government is prepared to conclude with the Dominican Government an agreement in the following terms:
1. Dominican citizens, whatever their place of residence, may enter Japan without a Japanese consular visa, for a sojourn of not more than three months upon presentation of a valid national passport.
​2. Japanese citizens, whatever their place of residence, may enter the Dominican Republic without a Dominican consular visa, for a sojourn of not more than three months upon presentation of a valid national passport.
3. Consular visas shall continue to be required by Japanese and Dominican citizens proceeding to the above-mentioned countries in order to stay there for an uninterrupted period of more that three months or to exercise a trade, profession or any other gainful occupation. Applications for visas must be made, before departure, to the Japanese or Dominican consular authorities at the applicants' place of domicile.
4. Each of the Governments reserves the right to refuse admission to or sojourn in its territory to any person whom it deems to be undesirable.
5. The abolition of the consular visa requirement provided for in this Agreement for sojourns of not more than three months shall not exempt Japanese or Dominican citizens from conforming strictly with the internal Japanese or Dominican laws and regulations concerning the entry, sojourn and departure of aliens.
6. This Agreement shall enter into force thirty days after the date of the exchange of notes referred to in the following paragraph. Either of the Contracting Parties may, however, denounce it at one month's notice.
The Japanese Government is agreeable to considering this note and your reply confirming the concurrence of the Dominican Government as constituting ​an agreement between the two Governments on the matter.
I have the honour to be, etc.
Kenkichi Yoshida
Minister of Japan
His Excellency Mr. Porfirio Herrera B. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Worship City
​Ciudad Trujillo, D. N., 20 March 1957
Your Excellency,
Monsieur le Ministre,
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your note No. 26 of today's date reading as follows:
[See note I]
In reply, I have the honour to inform you that the Dominican Government agrees to the conclusion of this Agreement regarding the abolition of the consular visa for sojourns of not more than three months, and accordingly has pleasure in considering this note and your note as constituting the said agreement.
I have the honour to be, etc.
Porfirio Herrera
His Excellency Kenkichi Yoshida Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Japan Japanese Legation
# United Nations Treaty Series/Volume 318/1/4620

No. 4620
JAPAN
and
Official text: French.
Registered by Japan on 31 December 1958.
The Government of Japan and the Government of the Polish People's Republic,
Desiring to put an end to the state of war existing between the two countries and to re-establish peaceful and friendly relations between them based on the principles of the United Nations Charter,
Have agreed as follows:
Article I
The state of war between Japan and the Polish People's Republic shall come to an end on the date of the entry into force of this Agreement.
Article II
Diplomatic relations shall be re-established between Japan and the Polish People's Republic, and the two countries shall exchange without delay diplomatic representatives with the rank of ambassadors.
Article III
1. Japan and the Polish People's Republic reaffirm that they will be guided by the principles of the United Nations Charter, and in particular by the following principles, stated in Article 2 of the Charter:
(a) Settling their international disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security, and justice, are not endangered;
(b) Refraining in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.
2. Japan and the Polish People's Republic undertake not to intervene, whether directly or indirectly, in each other's internal affairs, regardless of economic, political or ideological reasons.
Article IV
Japan and the Polish People's Republic each renounces all claims by its State, organizations and nationals against the other State, its organizations and nationals resulting from the war between the two countries.
Article V
Japan and the Polish People's Republic shall as soon as possible enter into negotiations with a view to concluding treaties or agreements to place their commercial and maritime relations on a stable and friendly basis.
Article VI
This Agreement shall be subject to ratification and the instruments of ratification shall be exchanged at Warsaw as soon as possible. It shall enter into force on the date of the exchange of the instruments of ratification.
In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly authorized by their respective Governments, have signed this Agreement.
Done in two copies, in French, in New York, on the eighth day of the month of February 1957.
For Japan: Toshikazu Kase
For the Polish People's Republic: Jozef Winiewicz