Behind the lotus-flower the treasure lies, In white and gold pagodas Burma builds To great lord Buddha of the eight-fold way. Not in the dirt where alien soldiers dig, Nor far above where purest gold caps all; But in the midst behind the sovereign bloom, There lies the treasured image of the God. Then seek not, brother, for the gift of gifts, Thy life's sweet secret, solemn and so brief, In things below, though lovely is the earth, Nor in the heavens, though lofty is the sky; For in thyself the richest wonder lies. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FORBIDDEN FRUIT: 2 by EMILY DICKINSON SONNET: 19 by RICHARD BARNFIELD URANIA; THE WOMAN IN THE MOON: THE FIRST CANTO, OR NEW MOON by WILLIAM BASSE ANYWHERE OUT OF THE WORLD by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE EPITAPH ON TWO YOUNG MEN NAMED LEITCH IN CROSSING THE RIVER SOUTHESK by JAMES BEATTIE A CHAUNT IN PRAISE by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |