{"id":1471,"date":"2013-07-13T01:35:02","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=1471"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:35:02","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:35:02","slug":"37-to-r-vol-05-collected-poems-volume-05","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/01-works-of-sri-aurobindo\/01-sabcl\/05-collected-poems-volume-05\/37-to-r-vol-05-collected-poems-volume-05","title":{"rendered":"-37_To R.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nTo
\nR.<\/p>\n

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\n<\/b> <\/p>\n

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\n   <\/b>O<\/b><\/span>N <\/span>
\n H<\/span>ER <\/span>
\n B<\/span>IRTHDAY<\/p>\n

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The
\nrepetition of thy gracious years<\/p>\n

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\n<\/span>Brings back once more thy natal morn.<\/p>\n

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Upon
\nthe crest of youth thy life appears,<\/span> \u2013<\/font><\/p>\n

     
\n<\/span>A wave upborne.<\/p>\n

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Amid
\nthe hundreds thronging Ocean\u2019s floor<\/p>\n

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\n<\/span>A wave<\/span> upon the crowded
\nsea<\/p>\n

With
\nregular rhythm pushing towards the shore<\/p>\n

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\n<\/span>Our life must be.<\/p>\n

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The
\npower that moves it is the Ocean\u2019s force<\/p>\n

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\n<\/span>Invincible, eternal, free,<\/p>\n

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And
\nby that impulse it pursues its course<\/p>\n

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\n<\/span>Inevitably.<\/p>\n

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We,
\ntoo, by the Eternal Might are led<\/p>\n

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\n<\/span>To whatsoever goal He wills.<\/p>\n

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Our
\nhelm He grasps, our generous sail outspread<\/p>\n

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\n<\/span>His strong breath fills.<\/p>\n

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Exulting
\nin the grace and strength of youth<\/p>\n

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\n<\/span>Pursue the Ocean\u2019s distant bound,<\/p>\n

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Trusting
\nthe Pilot’s voice, the Master\u2019s ruth<\/p>\n

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\n<\/span>That rings us round.<\/p>\n

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Rejoice
\nand fear not for the waves that swell,<\/p>\n

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\n<\/span>The storms that thunder, winds that sweep;<\/p>\n

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Always
\nour Captain holds the rudder well,<\/p>\n

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\n<\/span>He does not sleep.<\/p>\n

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If
\nin the trough of the enormous sea<\/p>\n

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\n<\/span>Thou canst not find the sky for spray,<\/p>\n

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Fear
\nnever, for our Sun is there with thee<\/p>\n

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\n<\/span>By night and day.
\n 
\n<\/span><\/p>\n


\nPage-75<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

 <\/span>Even
\nthose who sink in the victorious flood,<\/p>\n

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\n<\/span>Where do they sink? Into His breast.<\/p>\n

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He
\nwho to some gives victory, joy and good,<\/p>\n

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\n<\/span>To some gives rest.<\/p>\n

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But
\nthou, look to the radiant days that wait<\/p>\n

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\n<\/span>Beyond the driving rain and storm.<\/p>\n

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I
\nhave seen the vision of a happier fate<\/p>\n

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\n<\/span>Brightening thy form.<\/p>\n

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Confident
\nof His grace, expect His will;<\/p>\n

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\n<\/span>Let Him lead; though hidden be the bourne,<\/p>\n

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See
\nHim in all that happens; that fulfil<\/p>\n

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\n<\/span>For which thou wert born.
\n                             <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nPage-76<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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