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TO THE AWAKENED INDIA
Once more awake!
For sleep it was, not death, to bring thee life
Anew and rest to lotus-eyes visions
Daring yet. The world in need awaits, O Truth!
No death for thee
Resume thy march,
With gentle feet that wouldnot break the
Peaceful rest even of the road-side dust
That lies so low. Yet strong and steady,
Blissful, bold, and free. Awakener, ever
Forward! Speak thy stirring words.
Thy home is gone,
Where loving hearts had brought thee up and
Watched with joy thy growth.
But Fate is striong--
Thsi is the law--
all things come back to the source
They sprung, their strength to renew.
Then start afresh
From the land of thy birth,
Where vast cloud-belted
Snows do bless and
Put their strength in thee,
For working wonders new. The heavenly
River tune thy voice to her own immortal song;
Deoder shades give thee eternal peace.
And all above,
Himala's daughter Uma,gentle, pure
The Mother that resides in all as Power
And life, who works all works and
Makes of One the world, whose mercy
Open the gate of Truth and shows
The One in All, give thee untiring
Strength, which is Infinite Love.
They bless thee all,
The seers great, whom age nor clime
Can claim their own, the father of the
Race, who felt the heart of Truth the same,
And bravely taught to man ill-voiced or
Well. Their servant, thou hast got
The secret-'tis but One.
Then speak,O Love!
Before thy gentle voice serene,behold how
Visions melt and fold on fold of dreams
Departs to void,till Truth and Truth alone
In all its glory shines---
And tell the world----
Awake, arise, and dream no more!
This is the land of dreams, where Karma
Weaves unthreaded garlands with our thoughts
Of flowers sweet or noxious, and none
Has root or stem, being born in naught, which
The softest breath of Truth drives back to
Primal nothingness. Be bold, and face
The Truth! Be one with it ! Let visions cease,
Or, if you cannot, dream but truer dreams,
Which are Eternal Love and Service Free.
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