VML-1/23/01

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PEACE

By Swami Vivekananda

 

Behold, it comes in might,

The power that is not power,

The light that is in darkness,

The shade in dazzling light.

 

It is joy that never spoke,

And grief unfelt, profound,

Immortal life unlived,

Eternal death unmourned.

 

 

It is not joy nor sorrow,

But that which is between,

It is not night nor morrow,

But that which joins them in.

 

It is sweet rest in music,

And pause in sacred art;

The silence between speaking;

Between two fits of passion,

It is the calm of heart

 

It is beauty never seen,

And love that stands alone,

It is song that lives unsung,

And knowledge never known.

 

It is death between two lives,

And lull between two storms,

The void whence rose creation,

And that where it returns.

 

To it the teardrop goes,

To spread the smiling form.

It is the Goal of Life,

And Peace its only home!

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Today we offer the poem of Swamiji's called:

 

PEACE

Composed at Ridgely Manor, New York, 1899.

 

This is a part of a daily study of the lectures and writings of Swami

Vivekananda. All lectures are sent out in sequenced form, as he spoke

them.

 

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