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A Lesson In the land
of the Island Kingdom Mid Shinto
temple and shrine Where the
lights of a thousand altars To a
thousand false gods shine There is a
carved an odd, quaint lesson Wondrously
cut in the wood The three wise
monkeys of Nikko Who hear,
see, speak, but the good O'er the
door of the sacred stable They sit in
their wisdom, the three The little
deaf monkey, the little dumb monkey And the
monkey who will not see With eyes
close shut to evil Ear that
hear only the right And lips
that are dumb to scandal They sit in
their silent might In the land
of the Island Kingdom Mid Shinto
temple and shrine Comes again
from our Eastern manger A message of
truth divine Tho they bow
their heads to Kwanen When the lotus
of Nikko nods Yet this is
the message they send us From the
land of the thousand gods |
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Pauline Carrington Rust Bouve
(1860-1928). |
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