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 sonnet  16 November 1939  Published posthumously  Different versions

Form

O worshipper of the formless Infinite,
    Reject not form, what lives in form is He.
    Each finite is that deep Infinity
Enshrining His veiled soul of pure delight.
Form in its heart of silence recondite
    Hides the significance of His mystery,
    Form is the wonder-house of eternity,
A cavern of the deathless Eremite.

There is a beauty in the depths of God,
    There is a miracle of the Marvellous
That builds the universe for its abode.
    The One, in His glory multitudinous,
Bursting into shape and colour like a rose,
Compels the great world-petals to unclose.

 sonnet  16 November 1939  Published posthumously  Different versions

Form

O worshipper of the formless Infinite,
    Reject not form, what dwells in it is He.
    Each finite is that deep Infinity
Enshrining His veiled soul of pure delight.
Form in its heart of silence recondite
    Hides the significance of His mystery,
    Form is the wonder-house of eternity,
A cavern of the deathless Eremite.

There is a beauty in the depths of God,
    There is a miracle of the Marvellous
        That builds the universe for its abode.
Bursting into shape and colour like a rose,
    The One, in His glory multitudinous,
        Compels the great world-petals to unclose.



Part VII : Pondicherry (Circa 1927-1947) > Sonnets from Manuscripts (Circa 1934-1947)   



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NOTES FROM EDITOR

16 November 1939. Three handwritten manuscripts.





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 sonnet  Published posthumously  Different versions  SABCL & CWSA  Only CWSA