Sri Aurobindo

Collected Poems

CWSA.- Volume 2

Part Seven. Pondicherry, c. 1927 – 1947
Poems Written as Metrical Experiments

Outspread a Wave burst

Outspread a Wave burst, a Force leaped from the unseen¹,

Vague, wide, some veiled Maker, masked Lighter of the Fire:

With dire blows the Smith of the World

Forged strength from hearts of the weak;

Earth’s hate the edge of the axe,

Smitten by the gods,

Hewn, felled, the Form crashed that touched heaven and its stars.

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: Unknown

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