One Circle More

ONE CIRCLE MORE[6]*

[A fragmentary poem composed at Ridgely Manor, in 1899]

One circle more the spiral path of life ascends And time's restless shuttle — running back and fro Through maze of warp and woof

of shining

threads of life — spins out a stronger piece. (Cf. a slightly different version of the first three lines of this poem which appeared in Swami Vivekananda’s own handwriting on the left-hand side of the folded letter paper containing the original draft (Vide the [7]facsimile): One circle more the spiral path of life ascends And Time's restless shuttle running

back and fro

through maze of warp and woof spins out a

stronger piece

.)

Hand in hand they stand — and try to

fathom depths whence

springs eternal love, each in other's eyes;

And find

No hold o'er that age but brings the youth anew — And time — the good, the pure, the true.