[A fragmentary poem composed at Ridgely Manor, in 1899]
One circle more the spiral path of life
ascends
And time's restless shuttle — running back and fro
Through maze of warp and woof
of shining
threads of life — spins out a stronger piece. (Cf. a slightly different
version of the first three lines of this poem which appeared in Swami
Vivekananda's own handwriting on the left-hand side of the folded
letter paper containing the original draft (Vide the facsimile):
One circle more the spiral path
of life ascends
And Time's restless shuttle
running
back and fro
through maze of warp and
woof spins out a
stronger piece.
Hand in hand they stand — and try to
fathom depths whence
springs eternal love, each in other's eyes;
And find
No hold o'er that age but brings the youth anew —
And time — the good, the pure, the true.