1939 · CLOSE READING
Khing Kang King
Khing Kang King (1939), PDF p. 10
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MEN WIN NOT TRUTH OF TAO
BECAUSE THEIR MINDS ARE WIRED.
THE MIND UNCURBED, THE SELFS PERTURBED,
AND LOSES TUNE OF TIDE.
LOST, THE EXTERNAL LURES ;
THEY TURN TO SEEK IT : THEN
ALL THINGS PERPLEX, CONFUSE, AND VEX
THOSE MISERABLE MEN.
DISORDERED THOUGHTS ARISE ;
BODY AND MIND GROW SICK.
DISGRACE AND FEAR GROW YEAR BY YEAR
TO THEIR CLIMACTERIC.
WILD, THEY ARE TOSSED ABOUT
THROUGH LIFE AND DEATH ; THEY QUIVER,
SUNK IN SEA-STRESS OF BITTERNESS,
AND LOSE THE TAO FOR EVER.
THE TRUE, THE ABIDING TAO !
WHO UNDERSTANDETH HATH ;
WHO HATH THE TAO IS HERE AND NOW
IN SILENCE OF THE PATH.
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