Sri Aurobindo

Collected Poems

SABCL - Volume 5

VII. Metrical Experiments

Metrical Experiments

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O life, thy breath is but a cry to the Light

Immortal, out of which has sprung thy delight¹,

Thy grasp.

All things in vain thy hands seize;

Earth’s music fails; the notes cease

Or rasp.

Aloud thou call’st² to blind Fate,

“Remove the bar, the gold gate

Unhasp.”

But never yet hast³ thou the goal of⁴ thy race

Attained⁵, nor thrilled to⁶ the ineffable Face

And⁷ clasp.

Later edition of this work: The Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo.- Set in 37 volumes.- Volume 2.- Collected Poems.- Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 2009.- 751 p.

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¹ 2009 ed. CWSA, vol.2: whence has come thy swift delight

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² 2009 ed. CWSA, vol.2: callst

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³ 2009 ed. CWSA, vol.2: never hast

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⁴ 2009 ed. CWSA, vol.2: goal yet of

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⁵ 2009 ed. CWSA, vol.2: Neared

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⁶ 2009 ed. CWSA, vol.2: with

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⁷ 2009 ed. CWSA, vol.2: The

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