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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BUDDHA, by HERMAN MELVILLE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Swooning swim to less and less
Last Line: Annul us into thee.
Subject(s): Buddhism; Buddha; Buddhists
First Line: Swooning swim to less and less
Last Line: Annul us into thee.
Subject(s): Buddhism; Buddha; Buddhists
"FOR WHAT IS YOUR LIFE? IT IS EVEN A VAPOR THAT APPEARETH FOR A LITTLE TIME
AND THEN VANISHETH AWAY."
Swooning swim to less and less,
Aspirant to nothingness!
Sobs of the worlds, and dole of kinds
That dumb endurers be --
Nirvana! absorb us in your skies,
Annul us into thee.
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