THE GOD
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What eyes look thus upon the earth, What eyes, which lack the smart of tears? Even the eyes of the god’s soul. O wisdom, sweet of many lives, O love of many thousand years! Whose mind hath not the biting woe, Whose mind is all unstirred of fears? Even the mind of the tried god. O knowledge of thy many lives, O calm of many thousand years! Who knoweth the lore of all the stars, Who hath the eyes of all the seers? Even the god who passeth all, O thought and light of many lives, Perfect from many thousand years! 1913.