AN EVENING ON THE LAGOON
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Withdrawn in silence from the raging sea, Behind the dark and waving grove of palm In glorious solitude at even calm We glide at water’s edge, towards the lea Away from busy haunts; Eternity And Love, the burden of our rapturous psalm, As ’neath the star-lit heaven we breathe the balm Of Nature’s stillness, lulling you and me To dream in soft ethereal realms of bliss Where flits no darkening shadow, dwells no care And all is sweetness and ecstatic light, The plighted faith renewed with every kiss Of fervent gratitude for all our share Of blessed weal in life, by day and night. P. Seshadri.