“Yes, yes!' I answered,
But someone still knocked
At the snow-mantled gate”

—  Mukai Kyorai

Blyth (tr.), in: WKD - Matsuo Basho Archives: Mukai Kyorai https://matsuobasho-wkd.blogspot.com/2012/06/mukai-kyorai.html, matsuobasho-wkd.blogspot.com. Accessed 2018-06-23.

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