Note 5 — Old Stories (continued 2)

More literally: "The water-grasses having appeared to grow dark, the fireflies begin to fly." The phrase kururu to miété reminds one of the second stanza in that most remarkable of modern fairy-ballads, Mr. Yeats' "Folk of the Air":—

"And he saw how the weeds grew dark At the coming of night-tide; And he dreamed of the long dim hair Of Bridget his bride."