1939 · CLOSE READING
Khing Kang King
Khing Kang King (1939), PDF p. 6
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TAO HATH NO NAME ; ITS WORD
IS GROWTH, AND SUSTENANCE
TO ALL ; I AIM TO GIVE IT NAME :
TAO (HEAVEN PROSPER CHANCE !)
TAO HATH TWIN PHASE, WITH THE TEH :
THE SILENT AND THE STRESSED.
OF MOTION, THOSE ; OF THESE, REPOSE
SUBLIMELY MANIFEST.
HEAVEN MOVES, PURE SILENCE HE ;
EARTH RESTS, BENEATH THE STRAIN ;
SHUTTLE AND LOOM, AS WORD AND WOMB,
THEIR MYSTERY SUSTAIN.
PURE MOTION MAKETH REST
AS SILENCE MAKETH STRESS.
IF MAN WERE STILL, THEN HEAVEN SHOULD THRILL
WITH EARTH TO NOTHINGNESS.
SELF LOVETH SILENCE. YEA,
BUT MIND DISTRACTETH IT.
MIND LOVETH REST ; BUT PASSIONS PEST
ALLURES THE TREMBLING WIT.
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