1939 · CLOSE READING
Khing Kang King
Khing Kang King (1939), PDF p. 8
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SLAY SPACE ; THEN NAUGHT ABIDES.
HOLD NOT THINE HOLY HAND !
WHEN NAUGHT GIVES BACK BEFORE THE ATTACK,
SERENE THY SILENCE STAND !
ALLS REST, DEVOID OF MARK ;
HOW SHOULD DESIRES FIX TOOTH ?
WHEN THEY ARE PAST, THOU SURELY HAST
THE SILENCE OF THE TRUTH
FLAWLESS THAT TRUTH AND FIXED
YET APT TO EACH APPEAL
NATURE AND SENSE TO INFLUENCE
THE MAGNET TO THE STEEL !
OH ! THIS TRUE TOUCH WITH ALL
ELASTIC AND EXACT
THAT YET ABIDES ABOVE THEIR TIDES
THE SILENCE FREE FROM ACT !
HE THAT HATH THIS SHALL COME
LITTLE BY LITTLE, A BREATH,
SO FLOWETH HE NOW, TO TRUTH OF TAO,
WHEREIN HE VANISHETH.
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