Canto 130On the grey street
Book 16. Part Seven - Pondicherry Circa 1927 – 1947
On the grey street and the lagging winding waters
One sees far off stealing away to meet the rich drooping purple
of the sky
A stillness falls, — a supernatural silence
5Lies on the lap of Nature.
The street man’s life, and the waters earth’s sky-dowry,
And this rich span’s unreal splendour, symbol hue, sign to sight
of the Unseen;
Man’s life lies mute, the waters run to the splendour;
10The Unseen is this mighty Silence.