| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| Om |
| | | George William Russell (1867–1935) |
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| FAINT grew the yellow buds of light | |
| Far flickering beyond the snows, | |
| As leaning o’er the shadowy white | |
| Morn glimmered like a pale primrose. | |
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| Within an Indian vale below | 5 |
| A child said “OM” with tender heart, | |
| Watching with loving eyes the glow | |
| In dayshine fade and night depart. | |
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| The word which Brahma at his dawn | |
| Outbreathes and endeth at his night, | 10 |
| Whose tide of sound so rolling on | |
| Gives birth to orbs of pearly light; | |
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| And beauty, wisdom, love, and youth, | |
| By its enchantment gathered grow | |
| In agelong wandering to the Truth, | 15 |
| Through many a cycle’s ebb and flow. | |
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| And here the voice of earth was stilled, | |
| The child was lifted to the Wise: | |
| A strange delight his spirit filled, | |
| And Brahm looked from his shining eyes. | 20 |
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