As a child alone on a hilltop boldly stands Believing he has conquered earth and sky, I was certain of my future's brilliant plans Filled with a vision of immortality. Yet even in my youth's most carefree hours Counsel I sought among the realized few Drawn to their inner strength and hidden powers Deeply I drank at their wisdom's fount and drew The sustenance of spirit to survive The arduous emergence of my soul. All that was given me I sought to give, For music sang in me, my life, my goal. I was called as the sea to the waiting shore Like earth beguiled by the waxing moon And knew the forest's heart long before I knew my own and then the mighty boon Was granted and I left my world to find In foreign lands and crossing perilous seas The truth beyond the limits of the mind. On seeing Her I fell upon my knees. She looked at me and smiled and sealed my fate In the white-hot silence of the tropic morn. "Would you like to talk or meditate?" And in that flaming instant I was reborn.
Poems Undated (1727)
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