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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... look , – O Prince , whose pure compassion undertook Freely , when Land - of - Snows was overrun With evils , and the Good Law nigh undone , Rebirth as him whose keen mind could not brook Impurity or error , - yet once more Descend ! In ...
... look , – O Prince , whose pure compassion undertook Freely , when Land - of - Snows was overrun With evils , and the Good Law nigh undone , Rebirth as him whose keen mind could not brook Impurity or error , - yet once more Descend ! In ...
Page 405
... looks , I gazed upon my rows of books ( For every one that I could see To me meant ' Open , Sesame ! ' ) Until not merely ... look , From shelf to shelf , and book to book , As in a Summer meadow sweet A child will flash on dancing feet ...
... looks , I gazed upon my rows of books ( For every one that I could see To me meant ' Open , Sesame ! ' ) Until not merely ... look , From shelf to shelf , and book to book , As in a Summer meadow sweet A child will flash on dancing feet ...
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... Look look look ! Silently , suddenly appearing Above the bent backs the bowed Heads laid together , above the Greenbrown patchwork humped dragonback red Light , mysteriously emerging From among the stars , bigger Brighter than the stars ...
... Look look look ! Silently , suddenly appearing Above the bent backs the bowed Heads laid together , above the Greenbrown patchwork humped dragonback red Light , mysteriously emerging From among the stars , bigger Brighter than the stars ...
Contents
SHORTER POEMS | 21 |
London in Wartime | 23 |
Systole and Diastole | 24 |
Copyright | |
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