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THE KASÎDAH VI — • — Yet follow not th’ unwisdom-path, cleave not to this and that disclaim; Believe in all that man believes; here all and naught are both the same. But is it so? How may we know? Haply this Fate, this Law may be A word, a sound, a breath; at most … Read more

THE KASÎDAH VI — • — With God’s foreknowledge man’s free will! what monster-growth of human brain, What powers of light shall ever pierce this puzzle dense with words inane? Vainly the heart on Providence calls, such aid to seek were hardly wise For man must own the pitiless Law that sways the globe and … Read more

THE KASÎDAH VI — • — What see we here? Forms, nothing more! Forms fill the brightest, strongest eye, We know not substance; ’mid the shades shadows ourselves we live and die. “Faith mountains move” I hear: I see the practice of the world unheed The foolish vaunt, the blatant boast that serves our vanity … Read more

THE KASÎDAH VI — • — ALL Faith is false, all Faith is true: Truth is the shattered mirror strown In myriad bits; while each believes his little bit the whole to own. What is the Truth? was askt of yore. Reply all object Truth is one As twain of halves aye makes a whole; … Read more