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BEFORE THE BUDDHA AT KAMAKURA, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Dead, thou never art
Last Line: Have they hurt thee?
Subject(s): Buddhism; Death; Memory; Statues; Buddha; Buddhists; Dead, The


Dead, thou never art,
Though no breath stirs thine armored form,
Thy bronzed lips not a word do speak.
All these years, two thousand and more,
What hast thou seen — thine eyes closed?
What hast thou been feeling, senseless body!
All thy luminous dreams hid from mankind's ken?
Yet would I give thee all I am,
If, for a moment, these eyes could see
What thou seest eternally.





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