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PARESH CHANDRA DASGUPTA
From an Unknown Star
Where the bleak mountains stretch Under an ancient sun And the rocky valleys Are fringed by woods
that try to shun The changeful time, And brood with silence
and reverence Mysterious and deep By the waves of frondes
and rustling leaves When heaves The light gale in its unseen flightAnd where the stars
of eternity Sparkle as beads of light With the moon-beam
saying to keep The truth's cadence In the bowers of dream, There I stood before
a shrine With blocks of stone displaced And the toppling tower
majestic and fine Only letting the view
of the Jina Then I heard the echo
of an ancient hymn As if beckoning for love
with drops of tears From an unknown star !
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