Earth By Her

Have I retained more than a minute part,

A wandering mote of all I once had been,

The protecting light in which my spirit grown

Full with all the glory it had seen

And the memory of stars I once had known?

I heard a call within the silent heart

That woke my soul from its long reverie,

One came to me most terrible, most sweet

And made my life and future lives to be

A living base on which to place Her feet.

Nature in her wise and varied art

Attuned my eyes to beauty, God the rest,

A music waits its moment close above,

*The sacred gardens soon shall manifest

Now all the earth by Her is charged with love.

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*The gardens surrounding the Matrimandir at the centre of Auroville.