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Oracles (1905), PDF p. 114
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THE DANCE OF SHIVA
Written at the House of Sri Parananda Swami, Ceylon.
WITH feet set terribly dancing,
With eyelids filled of flame,
Wild lightnings from Him glancing,
Lord Shiva went and came.
The dancing of His feet was heard
And was the final word.
He danced the measure golden
On dead men . . .
His Saints and Rishis olden,
The yogins that . . .
He trampled them to dust and they
Were sparks and no more clay.
The dust thrown up around Him
In cycles whirled and twined,
Dim sparks that fled and found Him
Like mist beyond the mind.
The universe was peopled then
With little gods, and men.
In that ecstatic whirling
He saw not nor . . .
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