{"id":3399,"date":"2013-07-13T01:48:08","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=3399"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:48:08","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:48:08","slug":"09-book-2-canto-2-the-kingdom-of-subtle-matter-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\/09-book-2-canto-2-the-kingdom-of-subtle-matter-vol-01-savitri-1950","title":{"rendered":"-09_ Book 2 Canto 2 The Kingdom of Subtle Matter.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\tCANTO TWO<\/B><\/FONT><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\tTHE
\n\t\t\t\tKINGDOM OF SUBTLE MATTER<\/B><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/p>\n

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


\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIN
\n\t\t\t\tthe impalpable field of secret self, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThis
\n\t\t\t\tlittle outer being’s vast support<\/P><\/p>\n

Parted from vision by
\n\t\t\t\tearth’s solid fence,<\/p>\n

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He came into a magic crystal air<\/p>\n

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And
\n\t\t\t\tfound a life that lived not by the flesh,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

A light that made
\n\t\t\t\tvisible immaterial things.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

A fine degree in wonder’s
\n\t\t\t\thierarchy,<\/p>\n

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The kingdom of subtle Matter’s faery craft<\/p>\n

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Outlined
\n\t\t\t\tagainst a sky of vivid hues,<\/p>\n

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Leaping out of a splendour-trance
\n\t\t\t\tand haze,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

The wizard revelation of its front.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

A world of
\n\t\t\t\tlovelier forms lies near to ours,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Where, undisguised by
\n\t\t\t\tearth’s deforming sight,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

All shapes are beautiful and all
\n\t\t\t\tthings true.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

In that lucent ambiance mystically clear<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

The
\n\t\t\t\teyes were doors to a celestial sense,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Hearing was music and
\n\t\t\t\tthe touch a charm<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

And the heart drew a deeper breath of
\n\t\t\t\tpower.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

There dwell earth-nature’s shining origins: <\/FONT>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\tperfect plans on which she moulds her works, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\tdistant outcomes of her travailing force <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tRepose
\n\t\t\t\tin a framework of established fate. <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAttempted
\n\t\t\t\tvainly now or won in vain, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAlready
\n\t\t\t\twere mapped and scheduled there the time <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd
\n\t\t\t\tthe figure of her future sovereignties <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIn
\n\t\t\t\tthe sumptuous lineaments traced by desire. <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\tgolden issue of mind’s labyrinth plots, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\triches unfound or still uncaught by our lives <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tUnsullied
\n\t\t\t\tby the attaint of mortal thought <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAbide
\n\t\t\t\tin that pellucid atmosphere. <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tPage
\n\t\t\t\t94<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tOur
\n\t\t\t\tvague beginnings are overtaken there, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tOur
\n\t\t\t\tmiddle terms sketched out in prescient lines, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tOur
\n\t\t\t\tfinished ends anticipated live. <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThis
\n\t\t\t\tbrilliant roof of our descending plane, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIntercepting
\n\t\t\t\tthe free boon of heaven’s air, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAdmits
\n\t\t\t\tsmall inrushes of a mighty breath <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tOr
\n\t\t\t\tfragrant circuits through gold lattices, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIt
\n\t\t\t\tshields our ceiling of terrestrial mind <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tFrom
\n\t\t\t\tdeathless suns and the streaming of God’s rain, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tYet
\n\t\t\t\tcanalises a strange irised glow, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd
\n\t\t\t\tbright dews drip from the Immortal’s sky. <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tpassage for the Powers that move our days, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tOccult
\n\t\t\t\tbehind this grosser Nature’s walls, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tgossamer marriage-hall of Mind with Form <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIs
\n\t\t\t\thidden by a tapestry of dreams; <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tHeaven’s
\n\t\t\t\tmeanings steal through it as through a veil,<\/P><\/p>\n

Its inner sight
\n\t\t\t\tsustains this outer scene.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

A finer consciousness with happier
\n\t\t\t\tlines,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

It has a tact our touch cannot attain,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

A purity of
\n\t\t\t\tsense we never feel; <\/FONT><\/p>\n

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


\n\t\t\t\tIts
\n\t\t\t\tintercession with the eternal Ray<\/P><\/p>\n

Inspires our transient
\n\t\t\t\tearth’s brief-lived attempts<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

At beauty and the perfect shape
\n\t\t\t\tof things.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

In rooms of the young divinity of power<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

And
\n\t\t\t\tearly play of the eternal Child<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

The embodiments of his
\n\t\t\t\toutwinging thoughts<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Laved in a bright everlasting wonder’s
\n\t\t\t\ttints<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

And lulled by whispers of that lucid air<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Take
\n\t\t\t\tdream-hued rest like birds on timeless trees<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Before they dive
\n\t\t\t\tto float on earth-time’s sea. ,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

All that here seems has
\n\t\t\t\tlovelier semblance there.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Whatever our hearts conceive, our
\n\t\t\t\theads create,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Some high original beauty forfeiting,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Thence
\n\t\t\t\texiled here consents to an earthly tinge.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Whatever is here of
\n\t\t\t\tvisible charm and grace<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Finds there its faultless and immortal
\n\t\t\t\tlines; <\/FONT><\/p>\n

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


\n\t\t\t\tAll
\n\t\t\t\tthat is beautiful here is there divine.<\/P><\/p>\n

Figures are there
\n\t\t\t\tundreamed by mortal mind: <\/FONT><\/p>\n

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


\n\t\t\t\tBodies
\n\t\t\t\tthat have no earthly counterpart<\/P><\/p>\n

Traverse the inner eye’s
\n\t\t\t\tillumined trance <\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tPage
\n\t\t\t\t 95<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd ravish the heart with
\n\t\t\t\ttheir celestial tread<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tPersuading heaven to inhabit
\n\t\t\t\tthat wonder sphere.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe future’s
\n\t\t\t\tmarvels wander in its gulfs,<\/P><\/p>\n

Things old and new are fashioned
\n\t\t\t\tin those depths: <\/FONT><\/p>\n

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


\n\t\t\t\tA carnival of
\n\t\t\t\tbeauty crowds the heights<\/P><\/p>\n

In that magic kingdom of ideal
\n\t\t\t\tsight.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

In its antechambers of splendid privacy<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Matter and
\n\t\t\t\tsoul in conscious union meet<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Like lovers in a lonely secret
\n\t\t\t\tplace: <\/FONT><\/p>\n

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


\n\t\t\t\tIn the clasp of
\n\t\t\t\ta passion not yet unfortunate <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThey join their
\n\t\t\t\tstrength and sweetness and delight <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd
\n\t\t\t\tmingling make the high and low worlds one. <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIntruder
\n\t\t\t\tfrom the formless Infinite <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tDaring
\n\t\t\t\tto break into the Inconscient’s reign, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\tspirit’s leap towards body touches ground. <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAs
\n\t\t\t\tyet unwrapped in earthly lineaments, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAlready
\n\t\t\t\tit wears outlasting death and birth, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tConvincing
\n\t\t\t\tthe abyss by heavenly form, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tcovering of its immortality <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAlive
\n\t\t\t\tto the lustre of the wearer’s rank, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tFit
\n\t\t\t\tto endure the rub of Change and Time. <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\ttissue mixed of the soul’s radiant light <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd
\n\t\t\t\tMatter’s substance of sign-burdened Force,<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tImagined
\n\t\t\t\tvainly in our mind’s thin air <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAn
\n\t\t\t\tabstract phantasm mould of mental make,<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIt
\n\t\t\t\tfeels what earthly bodies cannot feel <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd
\n\t\t\t\tis more real than this grosser frame. <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAfter
\n\t\t\t\tthe falling of mortality’s cloak <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tLightened
\n\t\t\t\tis its weight to heighten its ascent; <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tRefined
\n\t\t\t\tto the touch of finer environments<\/P><\/p>\n

It drops old patterned
\n\t\t\t\tpalls of denser stuff,<\/p>\n

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Cancels the grip of earth’s descending
\n\t\t\t\tpull<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

And bears the soul from world to higher world,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Till in
\n\t\t\t\tthe naked ether of the peaks<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

The spirit simplicity alone is
\n\t\t\t\tleft,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

The eternal being’s first transparent robe.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

But when
\n\t\t\t\tit must come back to its mortal load<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

And the hard ensemble of
\n\t\t\t\tearth’s experience,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Then its return resumes that heavier
\n\t\t\t\tdress.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

For long before earth’s solid vest was forged\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tPage
\n\t\t\t\t 96<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tBy the technique
\n\t\t\t\tof the atomic Void, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tlucent envelope of self-disguise <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tWas
\n\t\t\t\twoven round the secret spirit in things. <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\tsubtle realms from those bright sheaths are made. <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThis
\n\t\t\t\twonder-world with all its radiant boon <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tOf
\n\t\t\t\tvision and inviolate happiness, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tOnly
\n\t\t\t\tfor expression cares and perfect form, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tFair
\n\t\t\t\ton its peaks, it has dangerous nether planes; <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIts
\n\t\t\t\tlight draws towards the verge of Nature’s lapse,<\/P><\/p>\n

It lends
\n\t\t\t\tbeauty to the terror of the gulfs<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

And fascinating eyes to
\n\t\t\t\tperilous Gods,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Invests with grace the demon and the snake.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Its
\n\t\t\t\ttrance imposes earth’s inconscience,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Immortal it weaves for us
\n\t\t\t\tdeath’s sombre robe<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

And authorises our mortality.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

This
\n\t\t\t\tmedium serves a greater Consciousness: <\/FONT><\/p>\n

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


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tvessel of its concealed autocracy, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIt
\n\t\t\t\tis the subtle ground of Matter’s worlds, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIt
\n\t\t\t\tis the immutable in their mutable forms, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIn
\n\t\t\t\tthe folds of its creative memory <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIt
\n\t\t\t\tguards the deathless type of perishing things: <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIts
\n\t\t\t\tlowered potencies found our fallen strengths; <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIts
\n\t\t\t\tthought invents our reasoned ignorance; <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIts
\n\t\t\t\tsense fathers our body’s reflexes. <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tOur
\n\t\t\t\tsecret breath of untried mightier force, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\tlurking sun of an instant’s inner sight, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIts
\n\t\t\t\tfine suggestions are a covert fount <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tFor
\n\t\t\t\tour iridescent rich imaginings <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tTouching
\n\t\t\t\tthings common with transfiguring hues <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tTill
\n\t\t\t\teven earth’s mud grows rich and warm with the skies <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd
\n\t\t\t\ta glory gleams from the soul’s decadence. <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIts
\n\t\t\t\tknowledge is our error’s starting-point; <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIts
\n\t\t\t\tbeauty dons our mud-mask ugliness, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIts
\n\t\t\t\tartist good begins our evil’s tale. <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\theaven of creative truths above, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tcosmos of harmonious dreams between, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tchaos of dissolving forms below, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIt
\n\t\t\t\tplunges lost in our inconscient base ; <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tOut
\n\t\t\t\tof its fall our denser Matter came. <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tPage
\n\t\t\t\t 97<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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\n\t\t\t\t Thus taken
\n\t\t\t\twas God’s plunge into the Night.<\/P><\/p>\n

This fallen world became a
\n\t\t\t\tnurse of souls<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Inhabited by concealed divinity.<\/p>\n

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A Being
\n\t\t\t\twoke and lived in the meaningless void,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

A world-wide Nescience
\n\t\t\t\tstrove towards life and thought,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

A Consciousness plucked out
\n\t\t\t\tfrom mindless sleep.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

All here is driven by an insentient
\n\t\t\t\twill.<\/p>\n

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Thus fallen, inconscient, frustrate, dense, inert,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Sunk
\n\t\t\t\tinto inanimate and torpid drowse<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Earth lay, a drudge of sleep,
\n\t\t\t\tforced to create<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

By a subconscient yearning memory<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\tLeft from a happiness dead before she was born ,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

An alien wonder on
\n\t\t\t\ther senseless breast.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

This mire must harbour the orchid and
\n\t\t\t\tthe rose,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

From her blind unwilling substance must emerge<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

A
\n\t\t\t\tbeauty that belongs to happier spheres.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

This is the destiny
\n\t\t\t\tbequeathed to her,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

As if a slain god left a golden trust<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

To
\n\t\t\t\ta blind force and an imprisoned soul.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

An immortal godhead’s
\n\t\t\t\tperishable parts<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

She must reconstitute from fragments
\n\t\t\t\tlost,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Re-word from a document complete elsewhere<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Her
\n\t\t\t\tdoubtful title to her divine Name.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

A residue her sole
\n\t\t\t\tinheritance,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

All things she carries in her shapeless dust.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Her
\n\t\t\t\tgiant energy tied to petty forms<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

In the slow tentative motion
\n\t\t\t\tof her power<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

With only frail blunt instruments for use,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

She
\n\t\t\t\thas accepted as her nature’s need<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

And given to man as his
\n\t\t\t\tstupendous work<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

A labour to the gods impossible.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

A life
\n\t\t\t\tliving hardly in a field of death<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Its portion claims of
\n\t\t\t\timmortality; <\/FONT><\/p>\n

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


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tbrute half-conscious body serves as means<\/P><\/p>\n

A mind that must
\n\t\t\t\trecover a knowledge lost<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Held in stone-grip by the world’s
\n\t\t\t\tinconscience,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

And wearing still these countless knots of Law<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

A
\n\t\t\t\tspirit bound stand up as Nature’s king. <\/p>\n

<\/FONT><\/p>\n

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


\n\t\t\t\t      A mighty
\n\t\t\t\tkinship is this daring’s cause.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tPage
\n\t\t\t\t 98<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAll
\n\t\t\t\twe attempt in this imperfect world, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tLooks
\n\t\t\t\tforward or looks back beyond Time’s gloss <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tTo
\n\t\t\t\tits pure idea and firm inviolate type <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIn
\n\t\t\t\tan absolute creation’s flawless skill. <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tTo
\n\t\t\t\tseize the absolute in shapes that pass, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tTo
\n\t\t\t\tfeel the eternal’s touch in time-made things, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThis
\n\t\t\t\tis the law of all perfection here. <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tfragment here is caught of heaven’s design, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tElse
\n\t\t\t\tcould we never hope for greater life <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd
\n\t\t\t\tecstasy and glory could not be. <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tEven
\n\t\t\t\tin the littleness of our mortal state, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tEven
\n\t\t\t\tin this prison-house of outer form, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tbrilliant passage for the infallible Flame <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIs
\n\t\t\t\tdriven through gross walls of nerve and brain, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tSplendour presses or a Power breaks through, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tEarth’s
\n\t\t\t\tgreat dull barrier is removed awhile, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\tinconscient seal is lifted from our eyes <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd
\n\t\t\t\twe grow vessels of creative might. <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\tenthusiasm of a divine surprise <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tPervades
\n\t\t\t\tour life, a mystic stir is felt, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tjoyful anguish trembles in our limbs; <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tdream of beauty dances through the heart,<\/P><\/p>\n

A thought from the
\n\t\t\t\teternal Mind draws near,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Intimations cast from the
\n\t\t\t\tInvisible<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Awaking from Infinity’s sleep come down,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Symbols
\n\t\t\t\tof That which never yet was made.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

But soon the inert flesh
\n\t\t\t\tresponds no more,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Then sinks the sacred orgy of delight,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

The
\n\t\t\t\tblaze of passion and the tide of power<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Are taken from us and,
\n\t\t\t\tthough a glowing form<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Abides astonishing earth, imagined
\n\t\t\t\tsupreme,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Too little of what was meant has left a
\n\t\t\t\ttrace.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Earth’s eyes half see, her forces half create; <\/FONT>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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


\n\t\t\t\tHer
\n\t\t\t\trarest works are copies of heaven’s art. <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tradiance of a golden artifice, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tmasterpiece of inspired device and rule, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tHer
\n\t\t\t\tforms hide what they house and only mime <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\tunseized miracle of self-born shapes <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThat
\n\t\t\t\tlive for ever in the Eternal’s gaze. <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tHere
\n\t\t\t\tin a difficult half-finished world <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tPage
\n\t\t\t\t 99<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIs
\n\t\t\t\ta slow toiling of unconscious Powers; <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tHere
\n\t\t\t\tis man’s ignorant divining mind,<\/P><\/p>\n

His genius born from an
\n\t\t\t\tinconscient soil.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

To copy on earth’s copies is his art.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

For
\n\t\t\t\twhen he strives for things surpassing earth,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Too rude the
\n\t\t\t\tworkman’s tools, too crude his stuff,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

And hardly with his
\n\t\t\t\theart’s blood he achieves<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

His transient house of the divine
\n\t\t\t\tIdea,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

His figure of a Time-inn for the Unborn.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Our being
\n\t\t\t\tthrills with high far memories<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

And would bring down their
\n\t\t\t\tdateless meanings here,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

But, too divine for earthly Nature’s
\n\t\t\t\tscheme,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Beyond our reach the eternal marvels blaze.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Absolute
\n\t\t\t\tthey dwell, unborn, immutable,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Immaculate in the Spirit’s
\n\t\t\t\tdeathless air,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Immortal in a world of motionless Time<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

And
\n\t\t\t\tan unchanging muse of deep self-space.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Only when we have
\n\t\t\t\tclimbed above ourselves,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

A line of the Transcendent meets our
\n\t\t\t\troad<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

And joins us to the timeless and the true; <\/FONT>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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


\n\t\t\t\tIt
\n\t\t\t\tbrings to us the inevitable word, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\tgodlike act, the thoughts that never die. <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tripple of light and glory wraps the brain, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd
\n\t\t\t\ttravelling down the moment’s vanishing route <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\tfigures of eternity arrive. <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAs
\n\t\t\t\tthe mind’s visitors or the heart’s guests <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThey
\n\t\t\t\tespouse our mortal brevity awhile, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tOr
\n\t\t\t\tseldom in some rare delivering glimpse <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAre
\n\t\t\t\tcaught by our vision’s delicate surmise. <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAlthough
\n\t\t\t\tbeginnings only and first attempts, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThese
\n\t\t\t\tglimmerings point to the secret of our birth <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd
\n\t\t\t\tthe hidden miracle of our destiny. <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tWhat
\n\t\t\t\twe are there and here on earth shall be <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIs
\n\t\t\t\timaged in a contact and a call. <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAs
\n\t\t\t\tyet earth’s imperfection is our sphere, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tOur
\n\t\t\t\tnature’s glass shows not our real self; <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThat
\n\t\t\t\tgreatness still abides held back within.<\/P><\/p>\n

Earth’s doubting
\n\t\t\t\tfuture hides our heritage: <\/FONT><\/p>\n

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


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\tLight now distant shall grow native here,<\/P><\/p>\n

The Strength that
\n\t\t\t\tvisits us our comrade power; <\/FONT><\/p>\n

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

<\/P><\/p>\n

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


\n\t\t\t\tPage
\n\t\t\t\t100<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\tIneffable shall find a secret voice,<\/P><\/p>\n

The Imperishable burn
\n\t\t\t\tthrough Matter’s screen<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Making this mortal body godhead’s
\n\t\t\t\trobe.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

The Spirit’s greatness is our timeless source<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

And it
\n\t\t\t\tshall be our crown in endless Time.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

A vast Unknown is round us
\n\t\t\t\tand within,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

All things are wrapped in the dynamic One: <\/FONT>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tsubtle link of union joins all life.<\/P><\/p>\n

Thus all creation is a
\n\t\t\t\tsingle chain: <\/FONT><\/p>\n

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


\n\t\t\t\tWe
\n\t\t\t\tare not left alone in a closed scheme<\/P><\/p>\n

Between a driving of
\n\t\t\t\tinconscient Force<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

And an incommunicable Absolute.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Our life
\n\t\t\t\tis a spur in a sublime soul-range,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Our being looks beyond its
\n\t\t\t\twalls of mind<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

And it communicates with greater worlds; <\/FONT>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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


\n\t\t\t\tThere
\n\t\t\t\tare brighter earths and wider heavens than ours.<\/P><\/p>\n

There are
\n\t\t\t\trealms where Being broods in its own depths; <\/FONT><\/p>\n

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


\n\t\t\t\tIt
\n\t\t\t\tfeels in its immense dynamic core <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIts
\n\t\t\t\tnameless, unformed, unborn potencies <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tCry
\n\t\t\t\tfor expression in the unshaped Vast: <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIneffable
\n\t\t\t\tbeyond Ignorance and death, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\timages of its ever-living Truth <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tLook
\n\t\t\t\tout from a chamber of its self-rapt soul: <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAs
\n\t\t\t\tif to its own inner witness gaze <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\tSpirit holds up its mirrored self and works, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\tpower and passion of its timeless heart, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\tfigures of its formless ecstasy, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\tgrandeurs of its multitudinous might. <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThence
\n\t\t\t\tcomes the mystic substance of our souls <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tInto
\n\t\t\t\tthe prodigy of our nature’s birth, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThere
\n\t\t\t\tis the unfallen height of all we are <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd
\n\t\t\t\tdateless fount of all we hope to be. <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tOn
\n\t\t\t\tevery plane the hieratic Power, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tInitiate
\n\t\t\t\tof the unspoken verities, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tDreams
\n\t\t\t\tto transcribe and make a part of life <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIn
\n\t\t\t\tits own native style and living tongue <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tSome
\n\t\t\t\ttrait of the perfection of the Unborn, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tSome
\n\t\t\t\tvision seen in the omniscient Light, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tSome
\n\t\t\t\tfar tune of the immortal rhapsodist Voice, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tSome
\n\t\t\t\trapture of the all-creating Bliss, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tPage
\n\t\t\t\t 101<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tSome
\n\t\t\t\tform and plan of the Beauty unutterable.<\/P><\/p>\n

Worlds are there
\n\t\t\t\tnearer to those absolute realms,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Where the response to Truth
\n\t\t\t\tis swift and sure<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

And spirit is not hampered by its frame<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

And
\n\t\t\t\thearts by sharp division seized and rent<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

And delight and
\n\t\t\t\tbeauty are inhabitants<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

And love and sweetness are the law of
\n\t\t\t\tlife.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

A finer substance in a subtler mould<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Embodies the
\n\t\t\t\tdivinity earth but dreams; <\/FONT><\/p>\n

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


\n\t\t\t\tIts
\n\t\t\t\tstrength can overtake joy’s running feet; <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tOverleaping
\n\t\t\t\tthe fixed hurdles set by Time,<\/P><\/p>\n

The rapid net of an intuitive
\n\t\t\t\tclasp<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Captures the fugitive happiness we desire.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

A Nature
\n\t\t\t\tlifted by a larger breath,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Plastic and passive to the
\n\t\t\t\tall-shaping Fire,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Answers the flaming Godhead’s casual touch: <\/FONT>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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


\n\t\t\t\tImmune
\n\t\t\t\tfrom our inertia of response <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIt
\n\t\t\t\thears the word to which our hearts are deaf, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAdopts
\n\t\t\t\tthe seeing of immortal eyes <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd,
\n\t\t\t\ttraveller on the roads of line and hue, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tPursues
\n\t\t\t\tthe spirit of beauty to its home. <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThus
\n\t\t\t\twe draw near to the All-Wonderful <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tFollowing
\n\t\t\t\this rapture in things as sign and guide; <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tBeauty
\n\t\t\t\tis his footprint showing us where he has passed,<\/P><\/p>\n

Love is his
\n\t\t\t\theartbeats’ rhythm in mortal breasts,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Happiness the smile on
\n\t\t\t\this adorable face.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

A communion of spiritual entities,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

A
\n\t\t\t\tgenius of creative Immanence,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Makes all creation deeply
\n\t\t\t\tintimate: <\/FONT><\/p>\n

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


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tfourth dimension of aesthetic sense<\/P><\/p>\n

Where all is in ourselves,
\n\t\t\t\tourselves in all,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

To the cosmic wideness re-aligns our
\n\t\t\t\tsouls.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

A kindling rapture joins the seer and seen; <\/FONT>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\tcraftsman and the craft grown inly one <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAchieve
\n\t\t\t\tperfection by the magic throb <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd
\n\t\t\t\tpassion of their close identity. <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAll
\n\t\t\t\tthat we slowly piece from gathered parts, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tOr
\n\t\t\t\tby long labour stumblingly evolve, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIs
\n\t\t\t\tthere self-born by its eternal right. <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIn
\n\t\t\t\tus too the intuitive Fire can burn; <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tPage
\n\t\t\t\t102<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAn
\n\t\t\t\tagent Light, it is coiled in our folded hearts,<\/P><\/p>\n

On the
\n\t\t\t\tcelestial levels is its home: <\/FONT><\/p>\n

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


\n\t\t\t\tDescending,
\n\t\t\t\tit can bring those heavens here. <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tBut
\n\t\t\t\trarely bums the flame nor burns for long, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThe
\n\t\t\t\tjoy it calls from those diviner heights <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tBrings
\n\t\t\t\tbrief magnificent reminiscences <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd
\n\t\t\t\thigh splendid glimpses of interpreting thought, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tBut
\n\t\t\t\tnot the utter vision and delight. <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tveil is kept, something is still held back, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tLest,
\n\t\t\t\tcaptives of the beauty and the joy, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tOur
\n\t\t\t\tsouls forget to the Highest to aspire. <\/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     In that fair
\n\t\t\t\tsubtle realm behind our own<\/P><\/p>\n

The form is all and physical gods
\n\t\t\t\tare kings.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

The inspiring Light plays in fine boundaries,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

A
\n\t\t\t\tfaultless beauty comes by Nature’s grace; <\/FONT><\/p>\n

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


\n\t\t\t\tThere
\n\t\t\t\tliberty is perfection’s guarantee: <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAlthough
\n\t\t\t\tthe absolute Image lacks, the Word <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIncarnate,
\n\t\t\t\tthe sheer spiritual ecstasy, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAll
\n\t\t\t\tis a miracle of symmetric charm, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tfantasy of perfect line and rule. <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tThere
\n\t\t\t\tall feel satisfied in themselves and whole, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\trich completeness is by limit made, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tMarvel
\n\t\t\t\tin an utter littleness abounds, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAn
\n\t\t\t\tintricate rapture riots in a small space: <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tEach
\n\t\t\t\trhythm is kin to its environment, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tEach
\n\t\t\t\tline is perfect and inevitable, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tEach
\n\t\t\t\tobject faultlessly built for charm and use. <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAll
\n\t\t\t\tis enamoured of its own delight. <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIntact
\n\t\t\t\tit lives of its perfection sure <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIn
\n\t\t\t\ta heaven-pleased self-glad immunity; <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tContent
\n\t\t\t\tto be, it has need of nothing more.<\/P><\/p>\n

Here was not futile
\n\t\t\t\teffort’s broken heart: <\/FONT><\/p>\n

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


\n\t\t\t\tExempt
\n\t\t\t\tfrom the ordeal and the test, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tEmpty
\n\t\t\t\tof opposition and of pain, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIt
\n\t\t\t\twas a world that could not fear nor grieve. <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIt
\n\t\t\t\thad no grace of error or defeat, <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIt
\n\t\t\t\thad no room for fault, no power to fail. <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tOut
\n\t\t\t\tof some packed self-bliss it drew at once <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tIts
\n\t\t\t\tform-discoveries of the mute Idea <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tPage
\n\t\t\t\t 103<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tAnd
\n\t\t\t\tthe miracle of its rhythmic thoughts and acts,<\/P><\/p>\n

Its clear
\n\t\t\t\ttechnique of firm and rounded lives,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Its gracious people of
\n\t\t\t\tinanimate shapes<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

And glory of breathing bodies like our
\n\t\t\t\town.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Amazed, his senses ravished with delight,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

He moved in
\n\t\t\t\ta divine, yet kindred world<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Admiring marvellous forms so near
\n\t\t\t\tto ours<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Yet perfect like the playthings of a god,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Deathless
\n\t\t\t\tin the aspect of mortality.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

In their narrow and exclusive
\n\t\t\t\tabsolutes<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

The finite’s ranked supremacies throned abide,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

It
\n\t\t\t\tdreams not ever of what might have been; <\/FONT><\/p>\n

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


\n\t\t\t\tOnly
\n\t\t\t\tin boundaries can this absolute live.<\/P><\/p>\n

In a supremeness bound
\n\t\t\t\tto its own plan<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Where all was finished and no widths were
\n\t\t\t\tleft,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

No space for shadows of the immeasurable,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

No room for
\n\t\t\t\tthe incalculable’s surprise,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

A captive of its own beauty and
\n\t\t\t\tecstasy,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

In a magic circle wrought the enchanted Might.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

The
\n\t\t\t\tspirit stood back effaced behind its frame.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Admired for the
\n\t\t\t\tbright finality of its lines<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

A blue horizon limited the soul; <\/FONT>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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


\n\t\t\t\tThought
\n\t\t\t\tmoved in luminous facilities,<\/P><\/p>\n

The outer ideal’s shallows its
\n\t\t\t\tswim-range: <\/FONT><\/p>\n

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


\n\t\t\t\tLife
\n\t\t\t\tin its boundaries lingered satisfied<\/P><\/p>\n

With the small happiness
\n\t\t\t\tof the body’s acts.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Assigned as Force to a bound corner
\n\t\t\t\tMind,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Attached to the safe paucity of her room,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

She did her
\n\t\t\t\tlittle works and played and slept<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

And thought not of a greater
\n\t\t\t\twork undone.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Forgetful of her violent vast desires,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Forgetful
\n\t\t\t\tof the heights to which she rose,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Her walk was fixed within a
\n\t\t\t\tradiant groove.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

The beautiful body of a soul at ease,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\tLike one who laughs in sweet and sunlit groves,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Childlike she
\n\t\t\t\tswung in her gold cradle of joy.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

The spaces’ call reached not
\n\t\t\t\ther charmed abode,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

She had no wings for wide and dangerous
\n\t\t\t\tflight,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

She faced no peril of sky or of abyss,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

She knew no
\n\t\t\t\tvistas and no mighty dreams, <\/p>\n

<\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tPage
\n\t\t\t\t 104<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tNo
\n\t\t\t\tyearning for her lost infinitudes.<\/P><\/p>\n

A perfect picture in a
\n\t\t\t\tperfect frame,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

This faery artistry could not keep his will: <\/FONT>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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


\n\t\t\t\tOnly
\n\t\t\t\ta moment’s fine release it gave; <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tA
\n\t\t\t\tcareless hour was spent in a slight bliss.<\/P><\/p>\n

Our spirit tires of
\n\t\t\t\tbeing’s surfaces,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

Transcended is the splendour of the form; <\/FONT>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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


\n\t\t\t\tIt
\n\t\t\t\tturns to hidden powers and deeper states.<\/P><\/p>\n

So now he looked
\n\t\t\t\tbeyond for greater light.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

His soul’s peak-climb abandoning in
\n\t\t\t\tits rear<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

This brilliant courtyard of the House of Days,<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

He
\n\t\t\t\tleft that fine material Paradise.<\/p>\n

<\/P><\/p>\n

His destiny lay beyond in
\n\t\t\t\tlarger Space. <\/FONT><\/p>\n

\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 END  OF CANTO TWO <\/FONT>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/P>
\n\t\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\tPage
\n\t\t\t\t105<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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\n\t\t\t


\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t<\/TR>
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