Princess Shikishi Professions : Poet Born : 1149 Died : 1201 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Princess Shikishi In snowbound, voiceless, mountain depths, to herald spring, pine trees sound in tune. Princess Shikishi mountain spring tree Unnoticed, the passage has occurred; as I brood, autumn dusk dewdrops fall on my pillow. The voices of insects and the deer by the fence, as one, disturb me to tears this autumn dusk. Princess Shikishi autumn voice fall Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors