To The Memory Of My Dear Daughter Kamala.

    The star that rose to cheer our humble life,
    And make a little heaven of our home,
    Shall rise again - yes, surely rise again
    To give us everlasting joy divine.

T. Ramakrishna

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T. Ramakrishna

Seeta And Rama - A Tale Of The Indian Famine.

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The Story Of Rudra.

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Seeta And Rama - A Tale Of The Indian Famine.

    It was by far the loveliest scene in Ind: -
    A deep sunk lonely vale, 'tween verdant hills
    That, in eternal friendship, seemed to hold
    Communion with the changing skies above;
    Dark shady groves the haunts of shepherd boys
    And wearied peasants in the midday noon;
    A lake that shone in lustre clear and bright
    Like a pure Indian diamond set amidst
    Green emeralds, where every morn, with songs
    Of parted lovers that tempted blooming maids
    With pitchers on their heads to stay and hear
    Those songs, the busy villagers of the vale
    Their green fields watered that gave them sure hopes
    Of future plenty and of future joys.
    Oh, how uncertain man's sure hopes and joys!
    In this enchanted hollow that was scooped -
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Of Her who Died.

We look up to the stars tonight,
    Idolatrous of them,
And dream that Heaven is in sight,
And each a ray of purest light
    From some celestial gem
    In her bright diadem.

Before that lonely home we wait,
    Ah! nevermore to see
Her lovely form within the gate
Where heart and hearthstone desolate
    And vine and shrub and tree
    Seem asking: "Where is she?"

There is the cottage Love had planned -
    Where hope in ashes lies -
A tower beautiful to stand,
Her monument whose gentle hand
    And presence in the skies
    Make home of Paradise.

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    Beneath the stellar ray;
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Lord Tennyson.

    A poet of my native land has said -
    The life the good and virtuous lead on earth
    Is like the black-eyed maiden of the East,
    Who paints the lids to look more bright and fair.
    The eyes may smart and water, but withal
    She loves to please them that behold her face.
    E'en so, my Master, thine own life has been.
    Thy songs have pleased the world, thy thoughts divine
    Have purified, likewise ennobled man.
    And what are they, those songs and thoughts divine,
    But sad experience of thy life, dipt deep
    In thine own tears, and traced on nature's page?
    To please and teach the world for two dear ones
    You mourned - a friend in youth, a son in age
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To My Friend.

Dearest of all, whose tenderness could rise
    To share all sorrow and to soothe all pain;
The blessings breathed for thee with weeping eyes
    Will come to thee as sunshine after rain.

My spirit clings to thine, dear, in this hour;
    Thy sorrow touches me as though 'twere mine;
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    To draw down comfort from my Lord and thine.

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    Of other lives, as though they were thine own;
And grateful prayers, for a memorial are
    Laid up for thee before the great white throne.

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    In sympathy, my soul and yours can meet;
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Footsteps Of Angels.

When the hours of Day are numbered,
    And the voices of the Night
Wake the better soul, that slumbered,
    To a holy, calm delight;

Ere the evening lamps are lighted,
    And, like phantoms grim and tall,
Shadows from the fitful firelight
    Dance upon the parlour wall;

Then the forms of the departed
    Enter at the open door;
The beloved, the true-hearted,
    Come to visit me once more;

He, the young and strong, who cherished
    Noble longings for the strife,
By the road-side fell and perished,
    Weary with the march of life!

They, the holy ones and weakly,
    Who the cross of suffering bore,
Folded their pale hands so meekly,
    Spake with us on earth no more!

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Gone

Another hand is beckoning us,
Another call is given;
And glows once more with Angel-steps
The path which reaches Heaven.

Our young and gentle friend, whose smile
Made brighter summer hours,
Amid the frosts of autumn time
Has left us with the flowers.

No paling of the cheek of bloom
Forewarned us of decay;
No shadow from the Silent Land
Fell round our sister's way.

The light of her young life went down,
As sinks behind the hill
The glory of a setting star,
Clear, suddenly, and still.

As pure and sweet, her fair brow seemed
Eternal as the sky;
And like the brook's low song, her voice,
A sound which could not die.

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