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'Ye! Wait there! The time is not yet for the embrace. There lies the curtain between thee and me. Putting up a strong effort, rend off that veil of Karma, and then, you are with me—I am with you like a flame merging into a flame.'
How can I forget you, O darkness! You, who have been conducive to such an enraptured dialogue with my Master ?
O my beloved darkness! Even more invaluable than light itself are you at such moments!
The world may not acknowledge your worth; but whoever said that an object became invaluable only when its worth was recognized: Who goes to assess the worth of the sandal woods high-tufted over the Malay Mounts:
Can any one transform their quintessential beauty into its opposite, simply by non-recognition of their worth:
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