174 THE SWORD OF SONG
But the results As by a lightning flash, solve doubt
a concentra- And turn all Nature inside out : 390
ion do so.
And, if such potency of might
Hath Truth, once state the truth aright,
Whence came the use for all those pages
Milhons together—mighty sages
Whom the least obstacle enrages? 395
Condemn the mystic if he prove
Thinking less valuable than love?
Well, let them try their various plans !
Do they resolve that doubt of man’s?
How many are Hegelians? 400
This, though I hold him mostly true.
But, to teach others that same view ?
Surely long years develop reason.
After long years, too, in thy season
Bloom, Concentration’s midnight flower ! 405
After much practice to this end
I gain at last the long sought power
(Which you believe you have this hour,
- But certainly have not, my friend !)
Of keeping close the mind to one 410
Thing at a time — suppose, the Sun.
I gain this (Reverence to Ganesh’ !) ®
And at that instant comprehend
(The past and future tenses vanish)
What Fichte comprehends, Division, 415
Thought, wisdom, drop away. I see
The absolute identity
Of the beholder and the vision.
Some poetry. There is a Jake * amid the snows
Wherein five glaciers merge and break. 420
Oh! the deep brilliance of the lake!
The roar of ice that cracks and goes
Crashing within the water! Glows
The pale pure water, shakes and slides
The glittering sun through emerald tides, 425
So that faint ripples of young light :
Laugh on the green. Is there a night
* This simile for the mind and its impressions, which must be stilled
before the sun of the soul can be reflected, is common in Hindu literature.
The five glaciers are, of course, the senses.