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THE PILGRIM by CALE YOUNG RICE

First Line: A TEMPLE BELL
Last Line: TOWARD NIRVANA!'
Subject(s): BELLS; BUDDHISM; PILGRIMAGES & PILGRIMS; SOUL; TEMPLES; BUDDHA; BUDDHISTS; MOSQUES;

A temple bell! --
And lo, to me,
Who fare far out to sea,
It brings the gloom
Of the temple room --
And the holy image
Of Buddha seated
Upon his lotus!

And so I pray:
'O Calm One! in
The new lives that I win
Let me as the sound
Of a bell be found
To waken worship
In souls that wander
Toward Nirvana!'



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