Canto 75In a flaming as of spaces
Book 16. Part Seven - Pondicherry Circa 1927 – 1947
Pondicherry, c. 1927–1947
In the ending of time
In the ending of time, in the sinking of space
What shall survive?
5Hearts once alive,
Beauty and charm of a face?
Nay, these shall be safe in the breast of the One,
Man deified,
World-spirits wide, —
10Nothing ends, all but began.
In some faint dawn
In some faint dawn,
In some dim eve,
Like a gesture of Light,
15Like a dream of delight
Thou com’st nearer and nearer to me.
In a flaming as of spaces
In a flaming as of spaces
Curved like spires,
20An epiphany of faces,
Long curled fires,
The illumined and tremendous
Masque drew near,
A God-pageant of the aeons
25Vast, deep-hued,
And the thunder of its paeans
Wide-winged, nude,
In their harmony stupendous
Smote earth’s ear.