TRANSCENDENTALISM

It is told, in Buddhi-theosophic schools,

There are rules,

By observing which, when mundane labor irks

One can simulate quiescence

By a timely evanescence

From his Active Mortal Essence,

(Or his Works.)

The particular procedure leaves research

In the lurch,

But, apparently, this matter-moulded form

Is a kind of outer plaster,

Which a well-instructed Master

Can remove without disaster

When he's warm.

And to such as mourn an Indian Solar Clime

At its prime

'Twere a thesis most immeasurably fit,

So expansively elastic,

And so plausibly fantastic,

That one gets enthusiastic

For a bit.

_From the Times of India_.

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