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| + | :: Oh, wildly the storm doth sweep ! | ||
| + | And I bury my unprotected head | ||
| + | :: In the pitiless sand and weep. | ||
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| + | The wild winds sweep around me, | ||
| + | :: Moaning, in hopeless song : | ||
| + | “ ’Tis nothing but sandy desert | ||
| + | :: Forever and ever on. | ||
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| + | “ No shady land of peace | ||
| + | :: Will gladden your heavy eye. | ||
| + | Oh, give the hopeless journey o’er | ||
| + | :: Rise not—lie here and die.” | ||
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| + | But a ridge o’er the sandy desert– | ||
| + | :: A ''track'', o’er the dusty plain, | ||
| + | Sends hope to my fainting heart, | ||
| + | :: And I start on my journey again | ||
| + | For I know that One before me | ||
| + | :: Hath travelled the desert o’er ; | ||
| + | Thank God ! for that print in the sand, | ||
| + | ''Where a foot hath trod before !'' | ||
| + | }} | ||
Revision as of 14:06, 20 July 2021
from Adyar archives of the International Theosophical Society
vol. 3 (1875-1878)
< The Ancient City (continued from page 3-18) >
...
Follow Thou Me
A desert, a shadeless desert; |
- ↑ Follow Thou Me by unknown author