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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... Heaven With energy divine - - Soaring , plunging , rolling , twisting With force all furious - fine . Behold the Clouded Dragon As he breasteth , strong and free , The immensities of Heaven And the tumult of the sea : Then draws his ...
... Heaven With energy divine - - Soaring , plunging , rolling , twisting With force all furious - fine . Behold the Clouded Dragon As he breasteth , strong and free , The immensities of Heaven And the tumult of the sea : Then draws his ...
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... heaven , And deeper than the distant emerald seas , Far brighter than the brightest Autumn moon , Far stronger than our love , his love for me . Before the sunrise blushes through the East , Before the fields are bright with morning dew ...
... heaven , And deeper than the distant emerald seas , Far brighter than the brightest Autumn moon , Far stronger than our love , his love for me . Before the sunrise blushes through the East , Before the fields are bright with morning dew ...
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... heavens sown thick with many a star , Upon that mystic lotus - bed The full moon shineth overhead . And as when all their meadowy ... heaven of heavens remain . Then , only then , for me may cease 414 The well - nigh endless road to peace ,
... heavens sown thick with many a star , Upon that mystic lotus - bed The full moon shineth overhead . And as when all their meadowy ... heaven of heavens remain . Then , only then , for me may cease 414 The well - nigh endless road to peace ,
Contents
SHORTER POEMS | 21 |
London in Wartime | 23 |
Systole and Diastole | 24 |
Copyright | |
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