Maxioms by Edwin Arnold
Like a plank of driftwood
Tossed on the watery main,
Another plank encountered,
Meets, read more
Like a plank of driftwood
Tossed on the watery main,
Another plank encountered,
Meets, touches, parts again;
So tossed, and drifting ever,
On life's unresting sea,
Men meet, and greet, and sever,
Parting eternally.
Making all future fruits of all the pasts.
Making all future fruits of all the pasts.
Early violets blue and white
Dying for their love of light.
Early violets blue and white
Dying for their love of light.
That rich celestial music thrilled the air
From hosts on hosts shining ones, who thronged
Eastward and read more
That rich celestial music thrilled the air
From hosts on hosts shining ones, who thronged
Eastward and westward, making bright the night.
The Dewdrop slips into the shining sea!
The Dewdrop slips into the shining sea!
