Sri Aurobindo

Collected Poems

CWSA.- Volume 2

Part Seven. Pondicherry
Sonnets from Manuscripts, c. 1934 – 1947

Evolution [2]

All is not finished in the unseen¹ decree;

A Mind beyond our mind demands our ken,

A life of unimagined harmony

Awaits, concealed, the grasp of unborn men.

The crude beginnings of the lifeless earth,

The² mindless stirrings of the plant and tree

Prepared our thought; thought for a godlike birth

Broadens the mould of our mortality.

A might no human will nor³ force can⁴ gain,

A knowledge seated in eternity,

A bliss⁵ beyond our struggle and our pain

Are the high pinnacles of our destiny.⁶

O Thou who climb’dst⁷ to mind from the dull stone,

Face now⁸ the miracled summits still unwon.

Earlier edition of this work: Sri Aurobindo Birth Century Library: Set in 30 volumes.- Volume 5.- Collected Poems.- Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Asram, 1972.- 625 p.

¹ 1972 ed. SABCL, vol.5: Unseen’s

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² 1972 ed. SABCL, vol.5: And

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³ 1972 ed. SABCL, vol.5: or

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⁴ 1972 ed. SABCL, vol.5: could

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⁵ 1972 ed. SABCL, vol.5: joy

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⁶ 1972 ed. SABCL, vol.5: Is this earth-hampered creature’s destiny.

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⁷ 1972 ed. SABCL, vol.5: climbest

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⁸ 1972 ed. SABCL, vol.5: Turn to

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