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Even a life-long prosperity is but one cup of sake;+ A life of forty-nine years is passed in a dream; + I know not what life is, nor death. + Year in year out-all but a dream.+ Both Heaven and Hell are left behind; + I stand in the moonlit dawn,+ Free from clouds of attachment.<ref>Suzuki, ''Zen and Japanese Culture.'' P. 82</ref>+
A man of learning, Kenshin enjoyed poetry and wrote the following piece in anticipation of his own death in 1578…
A man of learning, Kenshin enjoyed poetry and wrote the following piece in anticipation of his own death in 1578…
−<blockquote>Even a life-long prosperity is but one cup of sake;
−A life of forty-nine years is passed in a dream;
−I know not what life is, nor death.
−Year in year out-all but a dream.
−Both Heaven and Hell are left behind;
−I stand in the moonlit dawn,
−Free from clouds of attachment.<ref>Suzuki, ''Zen and Japanese Culture.'' P. 82</ref></blockquote>
−== Notes to the Text ==
== Notes to the Text ==
