Guest guest Posted August 1, 1999 Report Share Posted August 1, 1999 This poem By William Knox came on the internet. It is worth sharing with the list members. Oh, Why Should the Spirit of Mortal Be Proud? Oh, Why Should the Spirit of Mortal Be Proud? Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud? Like a swift-flitting meteor, a fast-flying cloud, A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, He passeth from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be scattered around, and together be laid; As the young and the old, the low and the high, Shall crumble to dust and together shall lie. The child that a mother attended and loved, The mother that infant's affection who proved, The husband that mother and infant who blessed,- Each, all, are away to their dwellings of rest. The maid on whose brow, on whose cheek, in whose eye, Shone beauty and pleasure,-her triumphs are by; And alike from the minds of the living erased Are the memories of mortals who loved her and praised. The hand of the king, that the scepter hath borne; The brow of the priest, that the mitre hath worn; The eyes of the sage, and the heart of the brave,- Are hidden and lost in the depths of the grave. The peasant, whose lot was to sow and to reap; The herdsman, who climbed with his goats up the steep; The beggar, who wandered in search of his bread,- Have faded away like the grass that we tread. The saint who enjoyed the communion of heaven, The sinner who dared to remain unforgiven, The wise and the foolish, the guilty and just, Have quietly mingled their bones in the dust. So the multitude goes, like the flower or weed, That withers away to let other succeed; So the multitude comes, even those we behold, To repeat every tale that has often been told. For we are the same things our fathers have been; We see the same sights our fathers have seen; We drink the same stream, we feel the same sun, And run the same course our fathers have run. The thoughts we are thinking our fathers do think; From the death we are shrinking our fathers did shrink; To the life we are clinging our father did cling, But it speeds from us all like the bird on the wing. They loved,-but the story we cannot unfold; They scorned,-but the heart of the haughty is cold; They grieved,-but no wail from their slumbers will come; They joyed,-but they tongue of their gladness is dumb. They died,-ah! they died;-we, things that are now, That walk on the turf that lies over their brow, And make in their dwellings a transient abode, Meet the changes they met on their pilgrimage road. Yea, hope and despondency, pleasure and pain, Are mingled together in sunshine and rain: And the smile and the tear, the song and the dirge, Still follow each other like surge upon surge. 'Tis the wink of an eye; 'tis the draught of a breath From the blossom of health to the paleness of death, From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud; Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud? William Knox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 1999 Report Share Posted August 1, 1999 Dear Jay, This poem by Knox is beautiful. Thank you! I have forwarded it on to my other spiritual lists. Blessings and Peace! Jody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 3, 1999 Report Share Posted August 3, 1999 Please feel free to link these urls on any site you like the siva library files are in help file format. here are the URL's main page is: http://www.upnaway.com/~sulea/tlink.html Siva library is: http://www.upnaway.com/~sulea/downloads/downloads.html Direct links to download the siva library files are: If you insert them into a web page as shown below each link will bring up the download box in the browser without going to the site. <A HREF= " http://www.upnaway.com/~sulea/downloads/astavakra.zip " >Astavakra Gita</A> The Astavakra Gita Is a very old Yoga Text from the Vedanta Period & nbsp <A HREF= " http://www.upnaway.com/~sulea/downloads/savitri.zip " >Savitri</A> Savitri is a contemporary Indian classic written by One Sri-Aurobindo <A HREF= " http://www.upnaway.com/~sulea/downloads/kural.zip " >The Holy Kural</A> Also called the Tikural Saint Tiruvalluvar (130 BC) <A HREF= " http://www.upnaway.com/~sulea/downloads/tiruman.zip " >The Tirumantiram</A> Is considered the final authority on subtle matters of philosophy and theology in Saiva Siddhanta <A HREF= " http://www.upnaway.com/~sulea/downloads/siva.zip " >The Siva Sutras</A> Sage Vasugupta the discoverer of Shiva & shy;Sutras was the guru of Kallata. He is believed to have flourished in the beginning of the 9th century A.D. <A HREF= " http://www.upnaway.com/~sulea/downloads/library.zip " >The Complete Siva Library</A> This file Contains the COMPLETE list of files above in an integrated help file <A HREF= " http://www.upnaway.com/~sulea/downloads/sansdiction.zip " ><b>The Sanscrit Dictionary</B></A> More will be added to the dictionary and the page over time so perhaps download it again when the updated icon is displayed in the previous field. The Avadhuta Gita ----- Coming Soon (Check BACK soon) ********************************************************************* The whole web site is in the process of a full editing and upgrade of all the files available many of the files there were written live to students on line, especially the chat files. While some of them may be gramatically sloppy at the moment there are many many more which aren't We hope it is a useful site to serious seekers. Jagananda and Sulea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 1999 Report Share Posted August 4, 1999 I am unable to unzip the downloaded files, using Winzip. I don't know why. Can you help? Su <sulea Ramakrishna <Ramakrishna > Tuesday, August 03, 1999 10:04 AM Re: [ramakrishna] Why should the spirit of mortal be proud? > " Su " <sulea > >Please feel free to link these urls on any site you like the siva library >files are in help file format. > >here are the URL's > > >main page is: > >http://www.upnaway.com/~sulea/tlink.html > > >Siva library is: > >http://www.upnaway.com/~sulea/downloads/downloads.html > >Direct links to download the siva library files are: >If you insert them into a web page as shown below >each link will bring up the download box >in the browser without going to the site. > > ><A HREF= " http://www.upnaway.com/~sulea/downloads/astavakra.zip " >Astavakra >Gita</A> > >The Astavakra Gita Is a very old Yoga Text from the Vedanta Period & nbsp > > ><A HREF= " http://www.upnaway.com/~sulea/downloads/savitri.zip " >Savitri</A> > >Savitri is a contemporary Indian classic written by One Sri-Aurobindo > ><A HREF= " http://www.upnaway.com/~sulea/downloads/kural.zip " >The Holy >Kural</A> > >Also called the Tikural Saint Tiruvalluvar (130 BC) > > ><A HREF= " http://www.upnaway.com/~sulea/downloads/tiruman.zip " >The >Tirumantiram</A> > >Is considered the final authority on subtle matters of philosophy and >theology in Saiva Siddhanta > > ><A HREF= " http://www.upnaway.com/~sulea/downloads/siva.zip " >The Siva >Sutras</A> > >Sage Vasugupta the discoverer of Shiva & shy;Sutras was the guru of Kallata. >He is believed to have flourished in the beginning of the 9th century A.D. > ><A HREF= " http://www.upnaway.com/~sulea/downloads/library.zip " >The Complete >Siva Library</A> > >This file Contains the COMPLETE list of files above in an integrated help >file > ><A HREF= " http://www.upnaway.com/~sulea/downloads/sansdiction.zip " ><b>The >Sanscrit Dictionary</B></A> > >More will be added to the dictionary and the page over time so perhaps >download it again when >the updated icon is displayed in the previous field. > >The Avadhuta Gita ----- Coming Soon (Check BACK soon) >********************************************************************* > >The whole web site is in the process of a full editing and upgrade of all >the files available >many of the files there were written live to students on line, especially >the chat files. > >While some of them may be gramatically sloppy at the moment there are many >many more which aren't >We hope it is a useful site to serious seekers. > >Jagananda and Sulea > > > > >--------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- > >Congratulations COUNTRYSIDE-ELIST. Our latest ONElist of the week. >For full story and to submit yours, ><a href= " /info/ootw_20.html " >Click Here</A> > >------ >Sri Ramakrishnaye Namah >Vivekananda Centre London >http://www.btinternet.com/~vivekananda/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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