The golden gate by Seth Vikram 1952-

Author:Seth, Vikram, 1952- [Seth, Vikram, 1952-]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction in English Indian writers, 1947- - Texts
Publisher: Faber
Published: 1987-08-13T22:00:00+00:00

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7.16

Now both blockadcrs and supporters

Are silent as the priest says, "Friends,

Sisters and brothers, sons and daughters,

The little time each of us spends . . .

Can everyone at the back hear me?

Yes? Excellent—and all those near me—

Not too loud? . . . Well, these few short years

We spend pursuing our careers.

Our needs, our longings, our obsessions

Upon this earth, once gone, are dead.

Of some who've spent their time, it's said

They gathered manifold possessions;

Of some, they broke their lives for wealth;

Of some, their striving broke their health.

7.17

Of some it's said they learned to master The secret fusion of the sun. Of some that they ran, rode, swam faster Than till their advent man had done. Of some, they eked life out as drudges. Of some—but any way one judges Their lives or ours, to dole out blame Or praise, one attribute may claim To cut across all our partitions Of wealth and vigor, fame and wit: Did they serve life? Or injure it? These are more naked oppositions Than can sieve truth in every case. But we may use them when we face

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