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INDIAN SONG by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL

First Line: SHADOWY-PETALLED, LIKE THE LOTUS, LOOM THE
Last Line: WHERE IN WORLDS OF LOVELY SILENCE FADE IN ONE THE STARRY RACE.
Subject(s): BRAHMA; NATIVE AMERICANS; INDIANS OF AMERICA; AMERICAN INDIANS; INDIANS OF SOUTH AMERICA;
SHADOWY-PETALLED, like the lotus, loom the mountains with their snows:
Through the sapphire Soma rising such a flood of glory throws
As when first in yellow splendour Brahma from the Lotus rose.

High above the darkening mounds where fade the fairy lights of day,
All the tiny planet folk are waving us from far away;
Thrilled by Brahma's breath they sparkle with the magic of the gay.

Brahma, all alone in gladness, dreams the joys that throng in space,
Shepherds all the whirling splendours onward to their resting place,
Where in worlds of lovely silence fade in one the starry race.



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