the golden threshold(金色的门槛)-第8章
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trust。 I pause； my dreaming spirit hears； Across the wind's unquiet tides；
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THE GOLDEN THRESHOLD
The glimmering music of your spears； The laughter of your royal brides。
In vain； O Kings； doth time aspire To make your names oblivion's
sport； While yonder hill wears like a tier The ruined grandeur of your fort。
Though centuries falter and decline； Your proven strongholds shall remain
Embodied memories of your line； Incarnate legends of your reign。
O Queens； in vain old Fate decreed Your flower…like bodies to the
tomb； Death is in truth the vital seed Of your imperishable bloom Each
new…born year the bulbuls sing Their songs of your renascent loves； Your
beauty wakens with the spring To kindle these pomegranate groves。
TO A BUDDHA SEATED ON A LOTUS
Lord Buddha； on thy Lotus…throne； With praying eyes and hands elate；
What mystic rapture dost thou own； Immutable and ultimate？ What peace；
unravished of our ken； Annihilate from the world of men？
The wind of change for ever blows Across the tumult of our way； To…
morrow's unborn griefs depose The sorrows of our yesterday。 Dream
yields to dream； strife follows strife；
And Death unweaves the webs of Life。
For us the travail and the heat； The broken secrets of our pride； The
strenuous lessons of defeat； The flower deferred； the fruit denied； But not
the peace； supremely won； Lord Buddha； of thy Lotus…throne。
With futile hands we seek to gain Our inaccessible desire； Diviner
summits to attain； With faith that sinks and feet that tire； But nought shall
conquer or control The heavenward hunger of our soul。
The end； elusive and afar； Still lures us with its beckoning flight； And
all our mortal moments are A session of the Infinite。 How shall we reach
the great； unknown Nirvana of thy Lotus…throne？
＇end＇
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