The Self-Imprisoned!

I could not know what enslaved me
Of what were my chains made
Some one has whispered I am not free
And my free will is dead!
I cannot move, as I desire
And must move when I would not
I am imprisoned a slave entire








This all, I have myself bought!
I did not know what was it all
Was blast with sweet ignorance
Slowly I entered myself to enthrall
So foolish was that romance!
What pushed me ahead was all unseen
I could feel its force
But now I cannot easily wean
Myself away from the course!
Where it may leave me I cannot know
On what sands, unseen, unheard!
Who knows what way the wind may blow








The master may free this bird!

THE LOVE SUPREME!

THE LOVE SUPREME!
What dream I chased what vapour pursued
To reach at this stage at last
O! Had I known these pleasured crude
I would not have been in the blast!
What madness came in my simple mind
Which is a slave of a passion.
A shadow - it chased - for love is blind
The shadow had no compassion
The flesh I loved was all unworthy
Of the intense fervour I cherished
And my soul at last became unhealthy
Its nature splendour is perished!
Blind to light, I wanted the wick
The flame I couldn't perceive









For the water, a mirage I chased so quick
But alas! Myself to deceive.
All earthly passion is a shadow vague
Of that one love supreme
None can give it and none can beg
It dawns on the soul like a gleam!








And when it dawns the world is a game
In which I cannot be pained
All joys and sorrows to me are the same
For no more my soul is chained!







The freedom I yearned I can realise
Even when the bonds are there.
All earthly ills I spiritualize
To me the foul is fair!
For all is bliss- and all complete
All is good and great
With the heavenly meaning all is replete
Realise it soon or late!
To be known either soon or late)

Some Song

Some one was singing
On the lonely hill
A strain came ringing
Like the murmur of a rill
Its music came reeling
In mysterious words
Yet softly appealing
Like the songs of the birds.
Sometimes it burst
Like the vast rain showers
In which were immersed
The neighbouring bowers.
With its touch sweet
The air seems to quiver
The sky clouds to greet
It's musical shiver.






The earth seems to leap
Along with my heart
Embosomed to keep
That strain off smart!
Like a lustrous ray
It travels unperceived
And reaches for away
Everywhere received!
The Music may ebb
I cannot be free
Its unseen web
Has enslaved me!

The Love's Threat!

The stars have shone
The night is come
All birds are gone
To their own home! 1
The dark thick veil
Of the blind gloom
So tossed by the gale
Yet larger to loom 2
The brook let peals
The jovial strain
That gently steals
My secret pain! 3


The shore is crying
It’s fierce to all
The breeze is singing
On the flowers pale! 4
Oh! How long now
I am yet to wait
If commest thou
Either soon or late! 5


Then all is well
And I am blest
If not then, I tell
In grave, I'll rest! 6

This world

This world
A phantom toy
This self
A vacant joy!

This truth
A cheating show
This love
To thee shall flow

The east is flushed with the glorious Dawn

The east is flushed with the glorious Dawn
Even as my mind with theirs sweet love
Oh! Say whether now thou hast gone
On the earth or beneath, here, there or above?
In the far off land my plaintive cry
Is sending it's wild heart rending echoes
Within my heart, thy hard refusals lie
Deep buried in the grave of tears & woes!
The hope of a union within thyself throbs
Ceaseless in the blood of my burning vein
And through my small hearts' unlistened sobs
Is peeping a secret joy again
The Blissful dream is deeply wrought
In my very spirit, all through & through
And whatever happens will disturb not
My madness the mirage while I pursue!







For thee, my heart shall ever yearn
To me thy meanest gift is great!
Forever, the flame of my passion shall burn
For the fruition of my love, forever, I will wait!
My languid heart is slowly awaking
With the sudden flash of a dim desire
And the distant possible is softly slaking
The thirst of my soul's all devouring fire!
With listless steps now here I linger
I never have known this strange haven!
Fresh joys are sung by an unknown singer
Who soothers my hearts so sweet a pain!

Beneath

Beneath

The bosom of the stream
Beyond
The edge of the dream
Your remembered kiss I place.