Collected Works (Vol. II)

174 THE SWORD OF SONG But the results As by a lightning flash, solve doubt a concentra- And turn all Nature inside out : 390 ion do so. And, if such potency of might Hath Truth, once state the truth aright, Whence came the use for all those pages Milhons together—mighty sages Whom the least obstacle enrages? 395 Condemn the mystic if he prove Thinking less valuable than love? Well, let them try their various plans ! Do they resolve that doubt of man’s? How many are Hegelians? 400 This, though I hold him mostly true. But, to teach others that same view ? Surely long years develop reason. After long years, too, in thy season Bloom, Concentration’s midnight flower ! 405 After much practice to this end I gain at last the long sought power (Which you believe you have this hour, - But certainly have not, my friend !) Of keeping close the mind to one 410 Thing at a time — suppose, the Sun. I gain this (Reverence to Ganesh’ !) ® And at that instant comprehend (The past and future tenses vanish) What Fichte comprehends, Division, 415 Thought, wisdom, drop away. I see The absolute identity Of the beholder and the vision. Some poetry. There is a Jake * amid the snows Wherein five glaciers merge and break. 420 Oh! the deep brilliance of the lake! The roar of ice that cracks and goes Crashing within the water! Glows The pale pure water, shakes and slides The glittering sun through emerald tides, 425 So that faint ripples of young light : Laugh on the green. Is there a night * This simile for the mind and its impressions, which must be stilled before the sun of the soul can be reflected, is common in Hindu literature. The five glaciers are, of course, the senses.