Complete Poems, 1941-1994The author has dedicated himself to helping people to transform their lives through his work as a Buddhist teacher and the medium of verse. In this collection, spanning more than half a century, he aims to combine the sensitivity of the poet with the vision born of a life of spiritual practice. |
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... Deep as the beauty of the world ; Deep as the Truth all men desire He plumbs , and then his vision sings With lightning glance that sets afire of common things . The poetry complete poems THE CHARCOAL - BURNERS Once more the deep.
... Deep as the beauty of the world ; Deep as the Truth all men desire He plumbs , and then his vision sings With lightning glance that sets afire of common things . The poetry complete poems THE CHARCOAL - BURNERS Once more the deep.
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... deep for our Bodhi Tree . By day among the forest boughs the peacock preens a listless wing ; No frogs in deep - voiced chorus sing all night unto our Bodhi Tree . With lightning in its dark blue breast if monsoon cloud appears , What ...
... deep for our Bodhi Tree . By day among the forest boughs the peacock preens a listless wing ; No frogs in deep - voiced chorus sing all night unto our Bodhi Tree . With lightning in its dark blue breast if monsoon cloud appears , What ...
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... deep hole beside some pond or stream , It profiteth its owner not at all . For either from its place it vanishes , Or else his wits astray go wandering And he remembers not its hiding - place , Or else ' tis stolen by the serpent - gods ...
... deep hole beside some pond or stream , It profiteth its owner not at all . For either from its place it vanishes , Or else his wits astray go wandering And he remembers not its hiding - place , Or else ' tis stolen by the serpent - gods ...
Contents
SHORTER POEMS | 21 |
London in Wartime | 23 |
Systole and Diastole | 24 |
Copyright | |
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