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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Harper, James

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​HARPER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 18; h-p., 24.)
James Harper entered the Navy, 27 Nov. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Active 38, Capt. Rich. Hussey Moubray; with whom, in the same ship, and, as Midshipman, in the Montagu and Repulse 74’s, he continued to serve, on the Cork, and Mediterranean stations, until June, 1814. He was present during that period, in the Active, at the passage of the Dardanells and the destruction, of the redoubt at Point Pesquies in Feb. 1807; on shore, while belonging to the Montagu, at the reduction of Santa Maura in April, 1810; and, in the Repulse’s boats, in conjunction with those of the Volontaire and Undaunted frigates, at the annihilation of two important batteries and the capture of a convoy near the port of Morjean 2 May, 1S13. He next, on leaving the Repulse, joined the Latona 38, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Johnstone Hope at Leith, where he remained until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 1 Feb. 1815. From the latter date Mr. Harper remained unemployed until 12 Jan. 1839, when he was appointed to the Niagara 20, Capt. Williams Sandom, in which ship, stationed on the lakes of Canada, he continued to serve, the greater part of the time as First-Lieutenant, until the early part of 1843. While so attached he appears to have had charge of a steamer in action with the rebels at Prescott, in Upper Canada. He has been in successive command, since 16 Dec. 1843 and 1 Aug. 1846, of the Experiment and Minos steam-vessels, on Lakes Huron and Erie. Agent – Fred. Dufaur.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Harris, Francis

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​HARRIS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 30; h-p., 12.)
Francis Harris is half-brother of Retired Commander John Read Bindon, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 July, 1805, as Fst-cl. Vol., on board the Téméraire 98, Capts. Elias Harvey and Sir Chas. Hamilton, in which ship he fought in the ensuing battle of Trafalgar, and (with an exception of 15 months in 1896-7) was afterwards employed, under the flags of Rear- Admirals Manley Dixon and Fras. Pickmore, on the Baltic and Mediterranean stations, and at the defence of Cadiz, until Feb. 1811 – two years and four months of the time as Midshipman. He then joined the Royal Sovereign 100, Capt. Joseph Spear, and on removing to the Unité 36, Capt. Edwin Henry Chamberlayne, assisted at the capture, 31 March, 1811, of the French 80-ton store-ship Dromadaire. On 1 of the following May he was further present in the same frigate, and in company with the Pomone 38, and Scout 18, at the destruction of two vessels of the like description, the Giraffe and Nourrice, each mounting from 20 to 30 guns, and both protected by a 5-gun battery, a martello-tower, and a body of about 200 regular troops; and on 29 Nov. he contributed to the capture, after a severe running-fight of four hours, of the 26-gun store-ship La Persanne, supposed, until the moment of her surrender, to be a frigate. Mr. Harris, who subsequently participated in many boat affairs in the Adriatic, and witnessed the Unité’s capture of three Turkish ships, was transferred, in Oct. 1814, to the Dee 24, Capt. John Wm. Andrew, on the Leith station, and advanced, 1 March, 1815, to the rank of Lieutenant. With one slight interval, he has been continuously employed in the Coast Blockade and Coast Guard since March, 1826.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Harris, James

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​HARRIS. (Commander, 1815. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.)
James Harris, born 15 April, 1791, is second son of Joseph Harris, Esq., solicitor, of Leominster, co. Hereford, by Elizabeth, daughter of Wm. Hooper, Esq., a descendant of the celebrated Bishop of that name.
This officer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Virginie 38, Capt., afterwards Admiral, Sir John Poo Beresford, in which ship, until she was paid off in Aug. 1804, he was employed cruizing in the North Sea and Downs, and was on one occasion all but lost during a three weeks’ gale. From Dec. in the latter year until advanced to the rank of Commander 23 June, 1815, Mr. Harris further served, under the command of Sir J. P. Beresford, on the Halifax, West India, Home, and North and South American stations, in the Cambrian 38, Theseus and Poictiers 74’s (of which latter ship he was created a Lieutenant 26 Feb. 1810), and, as Signal-officer, in the Duncan 74. While in the Cambrian, Mr. Harris assisted at the capture of three privateers carrying in the whole 40 guns and 225 men; and on one occasion, while serving in the boats, he was not only wounded, but so distinguished himself as to be noted for early promotion. He subsequently, when in the Theseus, commanded the pinnace belonging to that ship, and was employed covering the retreat of the officers and men who had been engaged in the attack on the French squadron in Aix Roads, 11 April, 1809. During the operations of the following day against the enemy, Mr. Harris, then on board the Theseus, received a splinter-wound in the left leg; the injury he had formerly received having been in the right one. The Theseus being next attached to the force at the siege of Flushing, our officer, on the surrender of that place, was sent on shore, with the carpenter and a party of shipwrights and seamen, for the purpose of completing a frigate and two brigs, and of taking to pieces the frame of a 74. In the Poictiers, after having participated in many boat-attacks on the coast of France, Lieut. Harris proceeded off the Tagus; up which river he was sent, in command of that ship’s barge and two cutters, as far as Alhandra, the extreme right of Lord Wellington’s army, then at the lines of Torres Tedras, where he remained until Marshal Masséna’s retreat; on which occasion he followed the troops to Santarem, and rendered much valuable service. He subsequently, when on the North American station, commanded the Poictier’s launch in an attack made in 1812 on Lewis Town, at the entrance of Delaware river; and a few days after that event he had the good fortune, with a single boat’s crew, to effect the capture of an East Indiaman of 20 guns, which within a week was ransomed at 45,000l Commander Harris has not been afloat since the attainment of his present rank.
He married, 31 July, 1821, Elizabeth Anne, only daughter of the Rev. Henry Beavan, Rector of Whitton, co. Radnor, Vioar of Llanguullo, and Rural Dean of the Diocese of St David’s, by whom he has issue one son.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Harriott, Thomas

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​HARRIOTT. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 37.)
Thomas Harriott is brother of Wm. Harriott, Esq., Master R.N. (1828), now Superintendent of Convicts at Bermuda.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1800, on board the Hannibal 74, Capt. Solomon Ferris, which ship, having grounded under the enemy’s batteries, was compelled, after a long and deadly resistance, inflictive on her of a loss of 81 men killed and 62 wounded, to strike her colours, in the action off Algeciras, 6 July, 1801. Being soon, however, restored to liberty, Mr. Harriott returned to England, and in the following Nov. was discharged. He re-embarked, in Oct. 1803, on board the Terrible 74, Capt. Lord Henry Paulet, fitting at Portsmouth; and in May, 1804, and March, 1805, we find him joining the Tigre and Renown 74’s, Capts. Benj. Hallowell and Sir Rich. John Strachan; in the last-mentioned of which ships he came home from the Mediterranean, immediately after his removal to her, and was paid off. He did not again go afloat until Jan. 1808, when he succeeded in obtaining a berth on board the Erebus 18, Capts. Wm. Autridge, Henry Lyford, Geo. Brine, John Forbes, and David Ewen Bartholomew, under whom he thenceforward served, on the Home, Baltic, and North American stations, until Sept. 1814.
​During the closing portion of that period Mr. Harriott bore a warm part in the different Potomac operations connected with Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon’s brilliant expedition against Alexandria, in the course of which the Erebus particularly signalised herself and incurred a loss of 17 men killed and wounded. He was afterwards employed for nearly 12 months, latterly on, the coast of France, in the Euryalus 36, Capts. Chas. Napier and Thos. Huskisson. He then took up a commission bearing date 28 Feb. 1815, and has since been, on half-pay.
Lieut. Harriott is married and has issue three children.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Harris, Edward Alfred John

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​HARRIS, M.P. (Captain,. 1841. f-p., 13; h-p., 13.)
The Honourable Edward Alfred John Harris, born 20 May, 1808, in London, is second son of Jas. Edw., second Earl of Malmesbury, by Harriet Susan, daughter of Fras. Bateman Dashwood, Esq., of Well Vale, co. Lincoln. He is brother and heir-presumptive to the present Earl of Malmesbury; and brother of the Hon, and Rev. Chas. Amyand Harris, Prebendary of Salisbury.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 6 Sept. 1821; and embarked, in March, 1823; as Midshipman, on board the Isis 50, Capt. Gordon Thos. Falcon, fitting for the flag of Sir Geo. Eyre, Commander-in-Chief in South America; where, until 1827, he further served with the Admiral in the Spartiate 76, and with Capts. John Macpherson Ferguson and Henry Prescott in the Mersey 26, and Aurora 46. In the course of the latter year, in the June of which he passed a distinguished examination, Mr. Harris cruised experimentally in the Pyramus 42 and Galatea 46, Capts. Geo. Rose Sartorius .and Sir Chas. Sullivan. He then rejoined the Isis, commanded at the time by Capt. Sir Thos. Staines, and, after attending an expedition against the pirates of Grabusa in the Grecian Archipelago, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 28 Feb. 1828, Between that period and the attainment of the next step in his profession 21 Nov. 1833, Mr. Harris was successively employed, on the Mediterranean, Home, and Lisbon stations, in the Ocean 80; as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Edw. Codrington, in the Asia 84; for some time as First-Lieutenant in the Pelican 18, Capts. Wm. Alex. Baillie Hamilton and Geo. Hutchison; and in the Stag 46, Capt. Nich. Lockyer. His last appointment was to the command, 29 April, 1839, of the Racehorse 18, in which sloop he served in North America and the West Indies until March, 1841. He was advanced to the rank he now, holds on 23 Nov. in the latter year.
Capt. Harris has been in Parliament,, since 1844; as member for Christchurch. He married, 4 Aug. 1841, Emma Wylly, youngest daughter of the late Capt. Sam. Chambers, R.N., by whom he has issue two sons.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Harris, Henry

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​HARRIS. (Retired Commander, 1845. f-p., 12; h-p., 36)
Henry Harris entered the Navy, 3 Dec. 1799; as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ariadne 20, Capt. Jas. Bradley, with whom, after serving for some time in the North Sea, he removed to the Andromeda frigate, and proceeded to the West Indies, where he continued to serve under Capts. Edw. Durnford King and Chas. Fielding, latterly as Midshipman, until Oct. 1802. In March, 1803, a few days after he had been appointed Midshipman of the Déterminée 24, armée en flûte, Capt. Alex. Becher, he had the misfortune to be wrecked off the island of Jersey; owing to which event he next joined the Dreadnought 98, flag-ship off Brest of the Hon. Wm. Cornwallis, commanded subsequently by Capt, John Child Purvis, and also by Capt. Robt. Carthew Reynolds, whom we find him accompanying into the Princess Royal 98. Proceeding in 1805 to the East Indies on board the Greyhound 32, Capt. Chas. Elphinstone, Mr: Harris, in July of the following year, assisted at the destruction of a Dutch armed brig under the fort of Manado, as also of a similar vessel off the island of Tidore and on 28 of the same month he participated in a sharp action which terminated in- the surrender, to the Greyhound and Harrier sloop, of the Pallas frigate and two armed and richly-laden Indiamen. On 10 Jan. 1807, having been for the last four months Master’s-Mate of the Blenheim 74, flagship of Sir Thos. Troubridge, he was nominated Sub-Lieutenant of the Harrier brig, Capt. Justice Finley; which vessel, on 5 of the ensuing month, was in company with the Blenheim and Java frigate in the hurricane which, it is supposed, proved so fatal to those ships. Prior to his official promotion, which took place 16 Aug. 1808, Mr. Harris appears to have been further employed, as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Malabar, Capt. John Temple, and Defiance 74, Capt. John M‘Kerlie. His succeeding appointments were – 12 Sept. 1808, to the Arethusa 38, Capt. Robt. Mends, in the Channel – 11 Jan. 1809 and 2 June, 1810, to the Virginie 38, and Endymion 40, commanded on the Irish station by Capts. Edw. Brace, Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, and Sir Wm. Bolton – and, 2 Feb. 1813, to the Hamadryad 36, Capt. Edw. Chetham, employed in the Baltic. He went on half-pay 18 Feb. 1814; and accepted his present rank 6 iov. 1845. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell-.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Harries, Edward Thornborough

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​HARRIES. (Lieutenant, 1833.)
Edward Thornborough Harries was born 5 June, 1804, and died towards the close of 1845.
This officer entered the Navy 15 June, 1815, and, between that period and his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 11 March, 1833, nine years after he had passed his examination, served on board the Ferret 12, Phaeton 36, Ramillies 74, Tamar 24, Queen Charlotte 100, Starling cutter, and Hyperion 42. He was appointed, 9 Nov. following, to the Sparrowhawk 16, Capt. Chas. Pearson, under whom he was employed for nearly three years on the South American station; and he lastly, from 23 June, 1837, until the period of his death, commanded a station in the Coast Guard.
Lieut. Harries married, first, Anna Maria, youngest daughter of Hercules Jenkings, Esq., of Braganza Lodge, co. Cornwall; and, secondly, 17 Nov. 1840, Elizabeth Ann, only daughter of John Hill, Esq., of the same county. He has left issue two children.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Haydon, William

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​HAYDON. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 16; h-p., 38.)
William Haydon is brother of Lieut. Geo. Haydon, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 July, 1793, as Admiral’s Servant, on board the Royal George 100, Capt. Wm. Domett, bearing the flag on the Channel of the late Lord Bridport; and, from the following Sept. until his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant 26 Sept. 1799, was successively employed on the Home station in the Niger, Latona, and Cambrian frigates, all commanded by Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge; under whom, in the Niger, one of Vice-Admiral Graves’ repeaters, he officiated as Signal-Midshipman in the action of 1 June, 1794. Until he invalided in Nov. 1801, Mr. Haydon next served on the Irish and West India stations in the Hazard 18, and Cerberus 32, Capts. Wm. Butterfield and Jas. Macnamara. He was subsequently, on 4 April, 1803, appointed First of the Mercury 28, in which frigate, and in L’Aimable 32, and Medusa, of similar force, he uninterruptedly served for five years with Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie. He was at first employed, during that period, on the Jersey and Guernsey station; next, under Lord Nelson in the Mediterranean; and ultimately in South America, where, in Feb. 1807, he served on shore with a brigade of seamen and marines under Capt. Ross Donnelly, and obtained the high eulogiums of Sir Sam. Auchmuty for his conduct at the storming of Monte Video. On the return of the Medusa to England, Mr. Haydon was sent with a strong recommenda^ tion to Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, then at Rio de Janeiro, where, in July, 1808, he was invested by that officer with the command of the Hospital Island, and the rank of Commander. The Admiralty, however, refusing to confirm the appointment, he returned to England, and was not promoted until 1 Aug. 1811, from which period, with the exception of three months’ acting-command (from Dec. 1811 to March, 1812), of the Crane 18, he remained on half-pay until nominated, 15 May, 1828, Second Captain of the Windsor Castle 76, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of his friend Hon. D. P. Bouverie. In May, 1830, his private affairs requiring his presence in England, Capt. Haydon was obliged to resign his appointment; and he has not since been afloat. His elevation to the rank he now holds took place 23 Nov. 1841.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hayes, Courtenay Osborn

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​HAYES. (Captain, 1846.)
Courtenay Osborn Hayes is eldest son of that distinguished seaman and able naval architect the late Rear-Admiral John Hayes, C.B., who died 7 April, 1838; brother of Commander John Montagu Hayes, R.N.; and nephew of Capt. Geo. Hayes, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 30 Nov. 1826; passed his examination in 1833; and obtained his first commission 17 Feb. 1835. His appointments as Lieutenant were – 13 April and 28 Nov., in the latter year to the Pelorus 16, Capt. Rich. Meredith, and Hastings 74, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Hall Gage, on the African and Lisbon stations – and, 2 Sept. 1836, to the Inconstant 36, Capts. John Hayes (his father), and Dan. Pring, employed on Particular Service. Attaining the rank of Commander 20 Sept. 1839, he afterwards, from 8 June, 1842, until the receipt of a Post commission bearing date 9 Nov. 1846, served in the East Indies on board the Wolf 18 and Driver steam-sloop.
Capt. Hayes married, 14 May, 1840, Caroline Anne, only daughter of the late Alfred Slocock, Esq., of Donnington Cottage, Berks, by whom he has issue. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Haydon, George

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​HAYDON. (Lieut., 1807. f-p., 13; h-p., 34.)
George Haydon is brother of Capt. Wm. Haydon, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1800, as a Boy, on board the Royal George 100, Capt. Wm. Domett, stationed in the Channel. In Feb. 1801 he became Midshipman of the Belleisle 74, commanded by the latter officer, and subsequently by Capts. Chas. Boyles, John Whitby, and Wm. Hargood; under the latter of whom, on proceeding to the Mediterranean, he fought at Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805. On 9 June, 1807, after having been for 18 months employed on the coasts of Ireland and of the north of Spain on board the Amethyst 36, and Warrior 74, both commanded by Capt. John Wm. Spranger, Mr. Haydon was promoted to a Lieutenancy in the Rosamond sloop, Capt. Jas. Whitley Deans, and Benj. Walker, on the North Sea station. His last appointment was, 1 Feb. 1808, to the Medusa 32, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, in which frigate, besides assisting at the capture of three heavy privateers, he experienced great hardships during a fruitless pursuit of two French frigates to the coast of Labrador, and was actively employed in 1812 in co-operation with the patriots on the north coast of Spain. He left the Medusa 30 May, 1813.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hay, William

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​HAY. (Lieutenant, 1830.)
William Hay is brother of Lieut. John Hay (b), R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 2 Nov. 1809; passed his examination in 1817; and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 22 July, 1830. His appointments have since been – 22 July, 1831, to the Coast Guard, which he left in 1834, and rejoined 26 April, 1837 – 16 Jan. 1841, as First, to the Pelican 16, Capt. Chas. John Elers Napier, fitting at Portsmouth – 16 Aug. 1841, again to the Coast Guard – and, 2 July, 1844, to the command of the Lively Revenue-cutter, in which he is still serving.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Haycock, Charles

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​HAYCOCK. (Lieut., 1813. f-p,. 10; h-p., 31.)
Charles Haycock entered the Navy, 18 May, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Diligence sloop, stationed in the North Sea; served next, from May, 1807, until April, 1811, chiefly as Midshipman, in the Cossack 24, commanded in the Great Belt, off the north coast of Spain, and in the Mediterranean, by Capts. Geo. Digby and Thos. Garth; rejoined Capt. Digby, then, in the Lavinia frigate, on the latter station; and, after having acted for 11 months as Lieutenant of the Onyx 10, Capts. Philips, Squire, Cobb, and Julian, and for a short time also in command of the Vesta schooner, off Cadiz and Lisbon, was confirmed, 6 Dec. 1813, into the San Juan, flag-ship at Gibraltar of Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood Linzee. He was lastly, from 22 June, 1814, until 4 Dec. 1815, employed in the Mediterranean, on board the Volontaire 38, Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Haydon, William Phippard

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​HAYDON. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 12; h-p., 32)
William Phippard Haydon entered the Navy 12 April, 1803, as Master’s Mate, on board the Winchelsea, Lieut.-Commander Pope, lying at Sheerness. In Aug. following he removed to the ​Romney 50, Capts. Wm. Brown and Hon. John Colville, under the latter of whom, on his return from a voyage to the coast of Africa, he was wrecked, m a fog, on the Haaks, near the Texel, 19 Nov. 1804. He was then received on board the Vestal 28, Capt. Stephen Thos. Digby, and after participating, during the summer of 1805, in many warm engagements with the enemy’s flotilla and batteries near Calais, he accompanied that officer into the Argo 44, and again sailed for the African station. In the course of 1808 we find him successively transferred to the Belleisle 74, and Neptune 98, bearing each the flag of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, by whom, subsequently to the fall of Martinique, he was nominated, 29 June, 1809, Acting-Lieutenant of the Alcmène frigate, Capt. Wm. Maude. He was confirmed, 8 Dec. following, into the Guadeloupe 16, Capt. Michael Head, also attached to the force at the West Indies; on his return whence, he joined, 6 Sept. and 20 Nov. 1810, the Hibernia 120, and Centaur 74, both commanded by Capt. John Chambers White. In the latter ship Mr. Haydon, after serving for some time with the inshore squadron off Toulon, co-operated in the defence of Tarragona, and, in April, 1814, witnessed the destruction, up the Gironde, of a French line-of-battle ship, three brigs of war, several smaller vessels, and of all the ports and batteries on the north side of the river. He was superseded from the Centaur at his own request 24 Dec. 1814, and has since been on halt-pay.
# A Hundred Verses from Old Japan/Poem 4

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YAMABE NO AKAHITO
Tago no ura ni Uchi-idete mireba Shirotae no Fuji no takane ni Yuki wa furi-tsutsu.
AKAHITO YAMABE
I started off along the shore, The sea shore at Tago, And saw the white and glist’ning peak Of Fuji all aglow Through falling flakes of snow.
Akahito Yamabe lived about A.D. 700, and was one of the greatest of the early poets; he was contemporary with Kaki-no-Moto, the writer of the previous verse, and like him was deified as a God of Poetry. Tago is a seaside place in the Province of Izu, famous for its beautiful view of Mount Fuji.
# A Hundred Verses from Old Japan/Poem 44

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CHŪ-NAGON ASA-TADA
Au koto no Taete shi nakuba Naka naka ni Hito wo mo mi wo mo Uramizaramashi.
THE IMPERIAL ADVISER ASA-TADA
To fall in love with womankind Is my unlucky fate; If only it were otherwise, I might appreciate Some men, whom now I hate.
The writer of this verse was the son of Sadakata, a Minister-of-the-Right, and is said to have died in the year 961. The verse was composed at the instance of the Emperor Daigo, and is apparently written in praise of a life of single blessedness. The translation does not give the full force of the last two lines, which mean literally, ‘I should not dislike both other people and myself too.’ The illustration shows Asa-tada walking on the verandah outside his house, perhaps composing this verse.
# A Hundred Verses from Old Japan/Poem 36

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KIYOWARA NO FUKA-YABU
Natsu no yo wa Mada yoi nagara Akenuru wo Kumo no izuko ni Tsuki yadoruramu.
FUKA-YABU KIYOWARA
Too short the lovely summer night, Too soon ’tis passed away; I watched to see behind which cloud The moon would chance to stay, And here’s the dawn of day!
Nothing is known of this writer, except that he was the father of the author of verse No. 42.