The mother’s heart, the hero’s will,

One bending low with load of life —That meant no joy, but suffering harsh and hard —And wending on his way through dark and dismal pathsWithout a flash of light from brain or heartTo give a moment’s cheer, till the lineThat marks out pain from pleasure, death from life,And good from what is evil was…

The charm and force that ever swayThe altar-fire’s flaming play;The strength that leads, in love obeys;Far-reaching dreams, and patient ways,Eternal faith in Self, in all,The light Divine in great, in small;All these and more than I could see,Today may ‘Mother’ grant to thee!

So like a gloomy pall above the earth!Before thy magic touch, the worldAwakes. The birds in chorus sing.The flowers raise their star-like crowns-Dew-set, and wave thee welcome fair.The lakes are opening wide in loveTheir hundred thousand lotus-eyesTo welcome thee, with all their depth.All hail to thee, thou Lord of Light!A welcome new to thee, today,O…

(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 view,Eternal peace and blessings be with thee!Thy service true, complete thy sacrifice,Thy home the heart of love transcendent find;Remembrance sweet, that kills all space and time,Like…

Or sea of sorrow swells —A play — we each have part,Each one to weep or laugh as may;Each one his dress to don —Its scenes, alternative shine and rain.Thou dream, O blessed dream!Spread far and near thy veil of haze,Tone down the lines so sharp,Make smooth what roughness seems.No magic but in thee!Thy touch…

Though blighted looks the present, future gloom.And age it seems since you and I began ourMarch up hill or down. Sailing smooth o’erSeas that are so rare-Thou nearer unto me, than oft-times I myself-Proclaiming mental moves before they were!Reflector true-Thy pulse so timed to mine,Thou perfect note of thoughts, however fine-Shall we now part, Recorder,…

So like a gloomy pall above the earth!Before thy magic touch, the worldAwakes. The birds in chorus sing.The flowers raise their star-like crowns-Dew-set, and wave thee welcome fair.The lakes are opening wide in loveTheir hundred thousand lotus-eyesTo welcome thee, with all their depth.All hail to thee, thou Lord of Light!A welcome new to thee, today,O…

In Vedas, Bible, Al KoranI had searched for Thee in vain.Like a child in the wildest forest lostI have cried and cried alone,‘Where art Thou gone, my God, my love?The echo answered, ‘gone.’And days and nights and years then passedA fire was in the brain,I knew not when day changed in nightThe heart seemed rent…

Oh! I am sick of this unending force; these shows they please no more,This ever running, never reaching, nor e’en a distant glimpse of shore!From life to life I’m waiting at the gates, alas, they open not.Dim are my eyes with vain attempt to catch one ray long sought.On little life’s high, narrow bridge I…

The desert air resounds the callsOf heart-struck lion’s rage.The cloud puts forth it deluge strengthWhen lightning cleaves its breast,When the soul is stirred to its in most depthGreat ones unfold their best.Let eyes grow dim and heart grow faint,And friendship fail and love betray,Let Fate its hundred horrors send,And clotted darkness block the way.All nature…

The depths where Mother hidesHer silent failless bolts!Perchance the child had glimpseOf shades, behind the scenes,With eager eyes and strained,Quivering forms-readyTo jump in front and beEvents, resistless, strong.Who knows but Mother, how,And where, and when, they come?Perchance the shining sageSaw more than he could tell;Who knows, what soul, and when,The Mother makes Her throne?What law…

What though no mate to clear thy path,Thy sky with gloom o’ercast –What though of love itself doth fail,Thy fragrance strewed in vain;What though if bad o’er good prevail,And vice o’er virtue reign –Change not thy nature, gentle bloom,Thou violet, sweet and pure,But ever pour thy sweet perfumeUnasked, unstinted, sure !