{"id":3398,"date":"2013-07-13T01:48:07","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=3398"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:48:07","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:48:07","slug":"03-book-1-canto-1-the-symbol-dawn-vol-01-savitri-1950","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/01-works-of-sri-aurobindo\/02-other-editions\/01-savitri\/01-savitri-1950\/03-book-1-canto-1-the-symbol-dawn-vol-01-savitri-1950","title":{"rendered":"-03_ Book 1 Canto 1 The Symbol Dawn.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\tBOOK ONE<\/B><\/I><\/P>
\n\t


\n\t\t\t\t <\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe Book of Beginnings<\/B><\/I><\/P>
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\n\t\t\t\t <\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tCANTO ONE<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/B>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
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\n\t\t\t\t <\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tTHE SYMBOL DAWN<\/FONT> <\/B>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
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\n\t\t\t\t <\/P>
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 <\/P>
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 <\/P>
\n\t\t\t<\/TD>
\n\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIT
\n\t\t\t\twas the hour before the Gods awake.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAcross
\n\t\t\t\tthe path of the divine Event<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe huge foreboding mind of
\n\t\t\t\tNight, alone<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIn her unlit temple of eternity,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tLay stretched
\n\t\t\t\timmobile upon Silence’ marge.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAlmost one felt, opaque,
\n\t\t\t\timpenetrable,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIn the sombre symbol of her eyeless muse<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\tabysm of the unbodied Infinite;<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tfathomless zero occupied the world.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tpower of fallen boundless self awake<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tBetween
\n\t\t\t\tthe first and the last Nothingness,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tRecalling
\n\t\t\t\tthe tenebrous womb from which it came,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tTurned
\n\t\t\t\tfrom the insoluble mystery of birth<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd
\n\t\t\t\tthe tardy process of mortality<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd
\n\t\t\t\tlonged to reach its end in vacant Nought.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAs
\n\t\t\t\tin a dark beginning of all things,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tmute featureless semblance of the Unknown<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tRepeating
\n\t\t\t\tfor ever the unconscious act,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tProlonging
\n\t\t\t\tfor ever the unseeing will,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tCradled
\n\t\t\t\tthe cosmic drowse of ignorant Force<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tWhose
\n\t\t\t\tmoved creative slumber kindles the suns<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd
\n\t\t\t\tcarries our lives in its somnambulist whirl.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAthwart
\n\t\t\t\tthe vain enormous trance of Space,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIts<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\tformless stupor
\n\t\t\t\twithout mind or life,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tshadow spinning through a soulless Void,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThrown
\n\t\t\t\tback once more into unthinking dreams,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tEarth
\n\t\t\t\twheeled abandoned in the hollow gulfs<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tForgetful
\n\t\t\t\tof her spirit and her fate.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\timpassive skies were neutral, empty, still.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThen
\n\t\t\t\tsomething in the inscrutable darkness stirred;<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tPage
\n\t\t\t\t3<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tnameless movement, an unthought Idea<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tInsistent,
\n\t\t\t\tdissatisfied, without an aim,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tSomething
\n\t\t\t\tthat wished but knew not how to be,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tTeased
\n\t\t\t\tthe Inconscient to wake Ignorance.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tthroe that came and left a quivering trace,<\/B><\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tGave
\n\t\t\t\troom for an old tired want unfilled,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAt
\n\t\t\t\tpeace in its subconscient moonless cave<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tTo
\n\t\t\t\traise its head and look for absent light,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tStraining
\n\t\t\t\tclosed eyes of vanished memory,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tLike
\n\t\t\t\tone who searches for a bygone self<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd
\n\t\t\t\tonly meets the corpse of his desire.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIt
\n\t\t\t\twas as though even in this Nought’s profound,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tEven
\n\t\t\t\tin this ultimate dissolution’s core<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThere
\n\t\t\t\tlurked an unremembering entity,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tSurvivor
\n\t\t\t\tof a slain and buried past<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tCondemned
\n\t\t\t\tto resume the effort and the pang,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tReviving
\n\t\t\t\tin another frustrate world.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAn
\n\t\t\t\tunshaped consciousness desired light<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd
\n\t\t\t\ta blank prescience yearned towards distant change.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAs
\n\t\t\t\tif a childlike finger laid on a cheek<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tReminded
\n\t\t\t\tof the endless need in things<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\theedless Mother of the universe,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAn
\n\t\t\t\tinfant longing clutched the sombre Vast.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tInsensibly
\n\t\t\t\tsomewhere a breach began:<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA long lone line of hesitating hue <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tLike a vague smile tempting a
\n\t\t\t\tdesert heart
\n\t\t\t\t<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tTroubled the far rim of life’s obscure sleep.
\n\t\t\t\t<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tArrived from the other side of boundlessness
\n\t\t\t\t<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAn eye of deity pierced through the dumb deeps;<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tscout in a reconnaissance from the sun,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIt<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\tseemed amid a
\n\t\t\t\theavy cosmic rest,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\ttorpor of a sick and weary world,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tTo<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\tseek for a
\n\t\t\t\tspirit sole and desolate<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tToo<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\tfallen to
\n\t\t\t\trecollect forgotten bliss.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIntervening
\n\t\t\t\tin a mindless universe,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIts
\n\t\t\t\tmessage crept through the reluctant hush<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tCalling
\n\t\t\t\tthe adventure of consciousness and joy<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd,
\n\t\t\t\tconquering Nature’s disillusioned breast,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tCompelled
\n\t\t\t\trenewed consent to see and feel.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tthought was sown in the unsounded Void,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tPage
\n\t\t\t\t4<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tsense was born within the darkness’ depths,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA memory quivered
\n\t\t\t\tin the heart of Time<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAs if a soul long dead were moved to
\n\t\t\t\tlive:<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tBut
\n\t\t\t\tthe oblivion that succeeds the fall,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tHad
\n\t\t\t\tblotted the crowded tablets of the past,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd
\n\t\t\t\tall that was destroyed must be rebuilt<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd
\n\t\t\t\told experience laboured out once more.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAll
\n\t\t\t\tcan be done if the god-touch is there.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\thope stole in that hardly dared to be<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAmid
\n\t\t\t\tthe Night’s forlorn indifference.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAs
\n\t\t\t\tif solicited in an alien world<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tWith
\n\t\t\t\ttimid and hazardous instinctive grace,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tOrphaned
\n\t\t\t\tand driven out to seek a home,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAn
\n\t\t\t\terrant marvel with no place to live,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tInto
\n\t\t\t\ta far-off nook of heaven there came<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tslow miraculous gesture’s dim appeal.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\tpersistent thrill of a transfiguring touch<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tPersuaded
\n\t\t\t\tthe inert black quietude<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd
\n\t\t\t\tbeauty and wonder disturbed the fields of God.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\twandering hand of pale enchanted light<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThat
\n\t\t\t\tglowed along a fading moment’s brink,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tFixed
\n\t\t\t\twith gold panel and opalescent hinge<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tgate of dreams ajar on mystery’s verge.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tOne<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\tlucent corner
\n\t\t\t\twindowing hidden things<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tForced
\n\t\t\t\tthe world’s blind immensity to sight.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\tdarkness failed and slipped like a falling cloak<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tFrom
\n\t\t\t\tthe reclining body of a god.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThen
\n\t\t\t\tthrough the pallid rift that seemed at first<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tHardly
\n\t\t\t\tenough for a trickle from the suns,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tOutpoured
\n\t\t\t\tthe revelation and the flame.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\tbrief perpetual sign recurred above.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tglamour from the unreached transcendences<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIridescent
\n\t\t\t\twith the glory of the Unseen,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tmessage from the unknown immortal Light<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAblaze
\n\t\t\t\tupon creation’s quivering edge,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tDawn
\n\t\t\t\tbuilt her aura of magnificent hues<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd
\n\t\t\t\tburied its seed of grandeur in the hours.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAn
\n\t\t\t\tinstant’s visitor the godhead shone:<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tOn
\n\t\t\t\tlife’s thin border awhile the Vision stood<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd bent over
\n\t\t\t\tearth’s pondering forehead curve.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tPage
\n\t\t\t\t5<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tInterpreting
\n\t\t\t\ta recondite beauty and bliss<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIn
\n\t\t\t\tcolour’s hieroglyphs of mystic sense,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIt<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\twrote the lines
\n\t\t\t\tof a significant myth<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tTelling
\n\t\t\t\tof a greatness of spiritual dawns,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tbrilliant code penned with the sky for page.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAlmost
\n\t\t\t\tthat day the epiphany was disclosed<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tOf
\n\t\t\t\twhich our thoughts and hopes are signal flares,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tlonely splendour from the invisible goal<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAlmost
\n\t\t\t\twas flung on the opaque Inane.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tOnce
\n\t\t\t\tmore a tread perturbed the vacant Vasts;<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tInfinity’s
\n\t\t\t\tcentre, a Face of rapturous calm<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tParted the eternal lids that
\n\t\t\t\topen heaven;<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tForm from far beatitudes seemed to near.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAmbassadress twixt
\n\t\t\t\teternity and change,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe omniscient Goddess leaned across the
\n\t\t\t\tbreadths<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThat wrap the fated journeyings of the stars<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd
\n\t\t\t\tsaw the spaces ready for her feet.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tOnce she half looked behind
\n\t\t\t\tfor her veiled sun,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThen, thoughtful, went to her immortal
\n\t\t\t\twork.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tEarth felt the Imperishable’s passage close:<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\twaking ear of Nature heard her steps<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd
\n\t\t\t\twideness turned to her its limitless eye,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd,
\n\t\t\t\tscattered on sealed depths, her luminous smile<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tKindled
\n\t\t\t\tto fire the silence of the worlds.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAll
\n\t\t\t\tgrew a consecration and a rite.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAir
\n\t\t\t\twas a vibrant link between earth and heaven;<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\twide-winged hymn of a great priestly wind<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tArose and failed
\n\t\t\t\tupon the altar hills;<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\thigh boughs prayed in a revealing sky.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tHere<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\twhere our
\n\t\t\t\thalf-lit ignorance skirts the gulfs<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tOn<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\tthe dumb bosom
\n\t\t\t\tof the ambiguous earth,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tHere
\n\t\t\t\twhere one knows not even the step in front<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd
\n\t\t\t\tTruth has her throne on the shadowy back of doubt,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tOn
\n\t\t\t\tthis anguished and precarious field of toil<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tOutspread
\n\t\t\t\tbeneath some large indifferent gaze,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tImpartial
\n\t\t\t\twitness to our joy and bale,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tOur<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\tprostrate soil
\n\t\t\t\tbore the awakening ray.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tHere
\n\t\t\t\ttoo the vision and prophetic gleam<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tLit<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\tinto miracles
\n\t\t\t\tcommon meaningless shapes;<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThen
\n\t\t\t\tthe divine afflatus, spent, withdrew,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tPage
\n\t\t\t\t6<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tUnwanted,
\n\t\t\t\tfading from the mortal’s range.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA sacred yearning lingered in
\n\t\t\t\tits trace,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe worship of a Presence and a Power<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tToo
\n\t\t\t\tperfect to be held by death-bound hearts,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe prescience of a
\n\t\t\t\tmarvellous birth to come.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tOnly a little the God-light can
\n\t\t\t\tstay;<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tSpiritual
\n\t\t\t\tbeauty illumining human sight<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tLines with its passion and
\n\t\t\t\tmystery Matter’s mask<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd squanders eternity on a beat of
\n\t\t\t\tTime.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAs when a soul draws near the sill of birth,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAdjoining
\n\t\t\t\tmortal time to Timelessness,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA spark of deity lost in Matter’s
\n\t\t\t\tcrypt<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIts lustre vanishes in the inconscient planes,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThat
\n\t\t\t\ttransitory glow of magic fire<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tSo now dissolved in bright
\n\t\t\t\taccustomed air.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe message ceased and waned the
\n\t\t\t\tmessenger.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe single Call, the uncompanioned Power,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tDrew
\n\t\t\t\tback into some far-off secret world<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe hue and marvel of the
\n\t\t\t\tsupernal beam:<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tShe
\n\t\t\t\tlooked no more on our mortality.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\texcess of beauty natural to God-kind<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tCould
\n\t\t\t\tnot uphold its claim on time-born eyes,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tToo
\n\t\t\t\tmystic-real for space-tenancy<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tHer
\n\t\t\t\tbody of glory was expunged from heaven:<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\trarity and wonder lived no more.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThere was the common light of
\n\t\t\t\tearthly day.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAffranchised from the respite of fatigue<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tOnce
\n\t\t\t\tmore the rumour of the speed of Life<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tPursued the cycles of her
\n\t\t\t\tblinded quest.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAll sprang to their unvarying daily acts;<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\tthousand peoples of the soil and tree<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tObeyed the unforeseeing
\n\t\t\t\tinstant’s urge,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd, leader here with his uncertain
\n\t\t\t\tmind,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAlone who stares at the future’s covered face,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tMan
\n\t\t\t\tlifted up the burden of his fate.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\t <\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\t     And
\n\t\t\t\tSavitri too awoke among these tribes<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThat hastened to join the
\n\t\t\t\tbrilliant Summoner’s chant<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd, lured by the beauty of the
\n\t\t\t\tapparent ways,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAcclaimed their portion of ephemeral
\n\t\t\t\tjoy.<\/B><\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t

<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tPage
\n\t\t\t\t7<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAkin
\n\t\t\t\tto the eternity whence she came,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tNo part she took in this
\n\t\t\t\tsmall happiness,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA mighty stranger in the human field,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\tembodied Guest within made no response.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe call that wakes
\n\t\t\t\tthe leap of human mind,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIts chequered eager motion of
\n\t\t\t\tpursuit,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIts fluttering-hued illusion of desire,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tVisited
\n\t\t\t\ther heart like a sweet alien note.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tTime’s message of brief
\n\t\t\t\tlight was not for her.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIn her there was the anguish of the
\n\t\t\t\tgods<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tImprisoned in our transient human mould,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe deathless
\n\t\t\t\tconquered by the death of things.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA vaster Nature’s joy had
\n\t\t\t\tonce been hers,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tBut long could keep not its gold heavenly
\n\t\t\t\thue<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tOr stand upon this brittle earthly base.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA narrow
\n\t\t\t\tmovement on Time’s deep abysm,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tLife’s fragile littleness
\n\t\t\t\tdenied the power,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe proud and conscious wideness and the
\n\t\t\t\tbliss<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tShe had brought with her into the human form,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\tcalm delight that weds one soul to all,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe key to the flaming
\n\t\t\t\tdoors of ecstasy.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tEarth’s grain that needs the sap of pleasure
\n\t\t\t\tand tears<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tRejected the undying rapture’s boon:<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tOffered
\n\t\t\t\tto the daughter of infinity<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tHer
\n\t\t\t\tpassion-flower of love and doom she gave.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIn
\n\t\t\t\tvain now seemed the splendid sacrifice.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tprodigal of her rich divinity,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tHer<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\tself and all she
\n\t\t\t\twas she had lent to
\n\t\t\t\tmen,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tHoping
\n\t\t\t\ther greater being to implant<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThat
\n\t\t\t\theaven might native grow on mortal soil.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tHard
\n\t\t\t\tis it to persuade earth-nature’s change;<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tMortality
\n\t\t\t\tbears ill the eternal’s touch:<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIt
\n\t\t\t\tfears the pure divine intolerance<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tOf<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\tthat assault of
\n\t\t\t\tether and of fire;<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIt<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\tmurmurs at its
\n\t\t\t\tsorrowless happiness,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAlmost with hate repels the light it
\n\t\t\t\tbrings;<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIt<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\ttrembles at its
\n\t\t\t\tnaked power of Truth<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd
\n\t\t\t\tthe might and sweetness of its absolute Voice.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tInflicting
\n\t\t\t\ton the heights the abysm’s law,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIt
\n\t\t\t\tsullies with its mire heaven’s messengers:<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tPage
\n\t\t\t\t8<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIts
\n\t\t\t\tthorns of fallen nature are the defence<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIt<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\tturns against
\n\t\t\t\tthe saviour hands of Grace;<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIt
\n\t\t\t\tmeets the sons of God with death and pain.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA glory of
\n\t\t\t\tlightnings traversing the earth-scene,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tTheir sun-thoughts
\n\t\t\t\tfading, darkened by ignorant minds,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tTheir work betrayed, their
\n\t\t\t\tgood to evil turned,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe cross their payment for the crown
\n\t\t\t\tthey gave,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tOnly they leave behind a splendid Name.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA fire
\n\t\t\t\thas come and touched men’s hearts and gone;<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tfew have caught flame and risen to greater life.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tToo unlike
\n\t\t\t\tthe world she came to help and save<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tHer greatness weighed
\n\t\t\t\tupon its ignorant breast,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd from its deep chasms welled a
\n\t\t\t\tdire return,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA portion of its sorrow, struggle, fall.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tTo
\n\t\t\t\tlive with grief, to confront death on her road,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\tmortal’s lot became the Immortal’s share.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThus trapped in the
\n\t\t\t\tgin of earthly destinies,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAwaiting her ordeal’s hour
\n\t\t\t\tabode,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tOutcast from her inborn felicity,’<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAccepting life’s
\n\t\t\t\tobscure terrestrial robe,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tHiding herself even from those she
\n\t\t\t\tloved,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe godhead greater by a human fate.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA dark
\n\t\t\t\tforeknowledge separated her<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tFrom all of whom she was the star
\n\t\t\t\tand stay;<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tToo
\n\t\t\t\tgreat to impart the peril and the pain,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIn<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\ther torn depths
\n\t\t\t\tshe kept the grief to come.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAs
\n\t\t\t\tone who watching over men left blind<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tTakes
\n\t\t\t\tup the load of an unwitting race,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tHarbouring
\n\t\t\t\ta foe whom with her heart she must feed,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tUnknown
\n\t\t\t\ther act, unknown the doom she faced,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tUnhelped
\n\t\t\t\tshe must foresee and dread and dare.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\tlong-foreknown and fatal mom was here<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tBringing
\n\t\t\t\ta noon that seemed like every noon.<\/B><\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tFor
\n\t\t\t\tNature walks upon her mighty way<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tUnheeding
\n\t\t\t\twhen she breaks a soul, a life;<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tLeaving
\n\t\t\t\ther slain behind she travels on:<\/B><\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tMan
\n\t\t\t\tonly marks and God’s all-seeing eyes.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tEven in this moment of
\n\t\t\t\ther soul’s despair,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIn its grim rendezvous with death and
\n\t\t\t\tfear,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tNo cry broke from her lips, no call for aid;<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tPage
\n\t\t\t\t9<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tShe
\n\t\t\t\ttold the secret of her woe to none: <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tCalm
\n\t\t\t\twas her face and courage kept her mute.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tYet only her outward
\n\t\t\t\tself suffered and strove;<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\t Even her humanity was half divine:<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tHer
\n\t\t\t\tspirit opened to the Spirit in all,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tHer nature felt all Nature
\n\t\t\t\tas its own.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tApart, living within, all lives she bore,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAloof,
\n\t\t\t\tshe carried in herself the world:<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tHer
\n\t\t\t\tdread was one with the great cosmic dread,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tHer
\n\t\t\t\tstrength was founded on the cosmic mights;<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\tuniversal Mother’s love was hers.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAgainst the evil at life’s
\n\t\t\t\tafflicted roots,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tHer own calamity its private sign,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tOf her
\n\t\t\t\tpangs she made a mystic poignant sword.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA solitary mind, a
\n\t\t\t\tworld-wide heart,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tTo the lone Immortal’s unshared work she
\n\t\t\t\trose.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAt first life grieved not in her burdened breast:<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tOn<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\tthe lap of
\n\t\t\t\tearth’s original somnolence<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tInert,
\n\t\t\t\treleased into forgetfulness<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tProne
\n\t\t\t\tit reposed, unconscious on mind’s verge,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tObtuse
\n\t\t\t\tand tranquil like the stone and star.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIn
\n\t\t\t\ta deep cleft of silence twixt two realms<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tShe
\n\t\t\t\tlay remote from grief, unsawn by care,<\/B><\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tNothing
\n\t\t\t\trecalling of the sorrow here.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThen
\n\t\t\t\ta slow faint remembrance shadowlike moved,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd
\n\t\t\t\tsighing she laid her hand upon her bosom<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd
\n\t\t\t\trecognised the close and lingering ache,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tDeep,
\n\t\t\t\tquiet, old, made natural to its place,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tBut
\n\t\t\t\tknew not why it was there nor whence it came.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\tPower that kindles mind was still withdrawn:<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tHeavy,
\n\t\t\t\tunwilling were life’s servitors<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tLike workers with no wages of
\n\t\t\t\tdelight;<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tSullen,
\n\t\t\t\tthe torch of sense refused to burn;<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\tunassisted brain found not its past.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tOnly
\n\t\t\t\ta vague earth-nature held the frame.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tBut
\n\t\t\t\tnow she stirred, her life shared the cosmic load.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAt
\n\t\t\t\tthe summons of her body’s voiceless call<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tHer<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\tstrong
\n\t\t\t\tfar-winging spirit travelled back,<\/b><\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tBack
\n\t\t\t\tto the yoke of ignorance and fate,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tBack
\n\t\t\t\tto the labour and stress of mortal days,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tPage
\n\t\t\t\t10<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tLighting
\n\t\t\t\ta pathway through strange symbol dreams<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAcross the ebbing of
\n\t\t\t\tthe seas of sleep.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tHer house of Nature felt an unseen
\n\t\t\t\tsway,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIllumined swiftly were life’s darkened rooms,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd
\n\t\t\t\tmemory’s casements opened on the hours<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd the tired feet of
\n\t\t\t\tthought approached her doors.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAll came back to her: Earth and
\n\t\t\t\tLove and Doom,<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe ancient disputants, encircled her<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tLike
\n\t\t\t\tgiant figures wrestling in the night:<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\tgodheads from the dim Inconscient born<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAwoke
\n\t\t\t\tto struggle and the pang divine,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd
\n\t\t\t\tin the shadow of her naming heart,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAt
\n\t\t\t\tthe sombre centre of the dire debate,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tguardian of the unconsoled abyss<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tInheriting
\n\t\t\t\tthe long agony of the globe,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tstone-still figure of high and godlike Pain<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tStared
\n\t\t\t\tinto space with fixed regardless eyes<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThat
\n\t\t\t\tsaw grief’s timeless depths but not life’s goal.<\/B><\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAfflicted
\n\t\t\t\tby his harsh divinity,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tBound
\n\t\t\t\tto his throne, he waited unappeased<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\tdaily oblation of her unwept tears.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAll
\n\t\t\t\tthe fierce question of man’s hours relived.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\tsacrifice of suffering and desire<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tEarth
\n\t\t\t\toffers to the immortal Ecstasy<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tBegan
\n\t\t\t\tagain beneath the eternal Hand.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAwake
\n\t\t\t\tshe endured the moments’ serried march<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd
\n\t\t\t\tlooked on this green smiling dangerous world,<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd
\n\t\t\t\theard the ignorant cry of living things.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAmid
\n\t\t\t\tthe trivial sounds, the unchanging scene<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tHer
\n\t\t\t\tsoul arose confronting Time and Fate.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tImmobile
\n\t\t\t\tin herself, she gathered force.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThis
\n\t\t\t\twas the day when Satyavan must die.<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\t <\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t

<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tEND OF CANTO ONE<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t

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\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


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\n\t\t\t\t11<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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\n\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t<\/TD>
\n\t\t<\/TR>
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