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TRANSCENDENTALISM by ANONYMOUS

First Line: "IT IS TOLD, IN BUDDHI-THEOSOPHIC SCHOOLS"
Subject(s): BUDDHISM;TRANSCENDENTALISM; BUDDHA;BUDDHISTS;

IT is told, in Buddhi-theosophic schools,
There are rules,
By observing which, when mundane labor irks
One can simulate quiescence
By a timely evanescence
From his Active Mortal Essence,
(Or his Works.)

The particular procedure leaves research
In the lurch,
But, apparently, this matter-moulded form
Is a kind of outer plaster,
Which a well-instructed Master
Can remove without disaster
When he's warm.

And to such as mourn an Indian Solar Clime
At its prime
'Twere a thesis most immeasurably fit,
So expansively elastic,
And so plausibly fantastic,
That one gets enthusiastic
For a bit.



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