(Composed at Ridgely Manor, New York, 1899.) Behold, it comes in might,The power that is not power,The light that is in darkness,The shade in dazzling light. It is joy that never spoke,And grief …
The Song of The Sannyasin – Swami Vivekananda
(Composed at the Thousand Island Park, New York, in July, 1895.) Wake up the note! the song that had its birthFar off, where worldly taint could never reach,In mountain caves and glades of forest …
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Nirvanashatkam, or Six Stanzas on Nirvana – Swami Vivekananda
(Translation of a poem by Shankarâchârya.) I am neither the mind, nor the intellect, nor the ego, nor the mind-stuff;I am neither the body, nor the changes of the body;I am neither the senses of …
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Hold on Yet a While, Brave Heart – Swami Vivekananda
(Written to H. H. The Maharaja of Khetri, Rajputana.) If the sun by the cloud is hidden a bit,If the welkin shows but gloom,Still hold on yet a while, brave …
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Requiescat in Pace – Swami Vivekananda
(Written in memoriam to J. J. Goodwin, August, 1898.) Speed forth, O Soul! upon thy star-strewn path;Speed, blissful one! where thought is ever free,Where time and space no longer mist the …
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To the Awakened India – Swami Vivekananda
(Written to Prabuddha Bharata or Awakened India, in August 1898, when the journal was transferred from Madras to Almora Himalayas, into the hands of the Brotherhood founded by Swami …
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