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| Introduction |
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Part I: Dust from the Whirlwind |
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17 | (1) |
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18 | (1) |
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Chief Isapwo Muksika Crowfoot |
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19 | (1) |
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20 | (1) |
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``All doctrines split asunder'' |
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21 | (1) |
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22 | (1) |
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``Empty-handed I entered the world'' |
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23 | (1) |
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24 | (1) |
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``Story on story of wonderful hills and stream'' |
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25 | (1) |
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``Walking along a narrow path at the foot of a mountain'' |
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26 | (1) |
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27 | (1) |
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``Why bother with the world?'' |
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28 | (1) |
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29 | (1) |
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``By the highway of Release I came'' |
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30 | (1) |
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``Mother! Mother! My boat sinks in the ocean of this world'' |
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31 | (1) |
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``Because Thou lovest the Burning-ground'' |
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32 | (1) |
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``O mother, I have fallen in love'' |
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33 | (1) |
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``You are kind, I am the pitiable one'' |
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34 | (1) |
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``Guide this little boat'' |
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35 | (1) |
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``Don't let go, hold on tight'' |
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36 | (1) |
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``O now beneath your feet's dust'' |
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37 | (1) |
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``How many in this life can never'' |
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38 | (1) |
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``If thou canst walk on water'' |
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39 | (1) |
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``I died as mineral and became a plant'' |
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40 | (1) |
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```Needs must I tear them out,' the peacock cried'' |
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41 | (1) |
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``Old tent-maker, your body is a tent'' |
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42 | (1) |
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``Last night I dropped and smashed my porcelain bowl'' |
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43 | (1) |
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``I had supposed that, having passed away'' |
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44 | (1) |
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``As the Arab racer needs not the whip'' |
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45 | (1) |
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``Even God must die, if He wishes to live for thee'' |
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46 | (1) |
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``The chosen angels and the blessed souls'' |
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47 | (1) |
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``I go my way regretting those past times'' |
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48 | (1) |
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``What is our life? A play of passion'' |
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49 | (1) |
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``O Years! and Age! Farewell'' |
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50 | (1) |
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51 | (1) |
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Fulke Greville, Lord Brooke |
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``When as Man's life, the light of human lust'' |
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52 | (1) |
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Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury |
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To His Watch, When He Could Not Sleep |
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53 | (1) |
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``The expense of spirit in a waste of shame'' |
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54 | (1) |
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``The times are all so fearful!'' |
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55 | (2) |
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57 | (1) |
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Christina Georgina Rossetti |
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58 | (1) |
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Because I Could Not Stop For Death |
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59 | (1) |
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60 | (1) |
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61 | (1) |
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62 | (3) |
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Part II: A Garden Amidst Flames |
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``O marvel! A garden amidst flames!'' |
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65 | (1) |
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66 | (2) |
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``The secret longings of a learned man'' |
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68 | (1) |
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``A man knocked at the door of his beloved'' |
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69 | (1) |
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70 | (1) |
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71 | (1) |
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72 | (1) |
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``Whatever I say, You are the subject'' |
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73 | (1) |
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``Do you know, my friends, where the real saints are?'' |
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74 | (1) |
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``Let the deaf listen to the mute'' |
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75 | (1) |
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``Lady, rise and offer to the Name'' |
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76 | (1) |
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```Think not on the things that are without''' |
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77 | (1) |
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``He who utters the name of Shiva'' |
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78 | (1) |
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79 | (1) |
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``Binding my ankles with silver'' |
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80 | (1) |
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``God of the silent soul'' |
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81 | (1) |
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82 | (2) |
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``I cannot dance O Lord, unless Thou lead me'' |
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84 | (1) |
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``Ah! God-loving soul! In thy struggles'' |
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85 | (1) |
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``As I rode out one day not long ago'' |
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86 | (1) |
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87 | (2) |
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``Love and the noble heart are but one thing'' |
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89 | (1) |
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90 | (1) |
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``That our earth mother may wrap herself'' |
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91 | (1) |
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92 | (1) |
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``O Saichi, where is the Land of Bliss?'' |
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93 | (1) |
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94 | (1) |
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``I am a happy man, indeed!'' |
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95 | (1) |
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``Among all living things---'' |
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96 | (1) |
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``The Buddha, in the causal stage'' |
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97 | (1) |
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98 | (1) |
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``If you're looking for a place to rest'' |
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99 | (1) |
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``Where gather mists and clouds, a happy world'' |
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100 | (1) |
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101 | (1) |
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102 | (1) |
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103 | (1) |
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``Batter my heart, three-personed God'' |
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104 | (1) |
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``Lord, I am like to Mistletoe'' |
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105 | (1) |
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``The lines of life are various; they diverge and cease'' |
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106 | (1) |
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107 | (1) |
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``When in hours of fear and failing'' |
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108 | (1) |
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109 | (1) |
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110 | (1) |
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111 | (1) |
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112 | (1) |
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113 | (4) |
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Part III: The Single Light |
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``This desert is the Good'' |
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117 | (1) |
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``Of the heavenly things God has shown me'' |
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118 | (1) |
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``Eternal Wisdom builds'' |
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119 | (1) |
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``Lift up the cup and bowl, my darling one'' |
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120 | (1) |
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```Tis light makes color visible: at night'' |
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121 | (1) |
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```Twas a fair orchard, full of trees and fruit'' |
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122 | (1) |
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``Ask of all those who know'' |
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123 | (1) |
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``On the narrow path of Truth'' |
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124 | (1) |
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``In Being's silver sea'' |
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125 | (1) |
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```I' and `you' are but the lattices'' |
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126 | (1) |
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``Ponder on God's mercies'' |
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127 | (1) |
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Levi Yitzchak of Berditchov |
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``Where I wander---You!'' |
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128 | (1) |
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Hymn of Glory for the Sabbath |
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129 | (1) |
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130 | (1) |
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131 | (1) |
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132 | (1) |
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``In the beginning was God'' |
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133 | (1) |
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``There in midnight water'' |
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134 | (1) |
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135 | (1) |
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136 | (1) |
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137 | (1) |
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138 | (1) |
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139 | (1) |
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140 | (1) |
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``The question clear, the answer deep'' |
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141 | (1) |
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``For no reason it rains'' |
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142 | (1) |
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143 | (1) |
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144 | (1) |
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``Flowers not flowers, fog not fog'' |
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145 | (1) |
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146 | (1) |
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``Sweetness is in sugar, sugar is in sweetness!'' |
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147 | (1) |
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``Are you in illusion or is illusion in you?'' |
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148 | (1) |
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149 | (1) |
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``The river and its waves are one surf'' |
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150 | (1) |
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``If Allah lives in a mosque'' |
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152 | (1) |
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``Everything is pervaded by God!'' |
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153 | (1) |
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``Lo! a Vision is before mine eyes'' |
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154 | (1) |
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``In a crack in the garden wall a flower'' |
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155 | (1) |
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156 | (1) |
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157 | (1) |
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158 | (1) |
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159 | (1) |
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160 | (1) |
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161 | (1) |
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162 | (1) |
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163 | (1) |
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164 | (3) |
| Biographical Notes on Selected Poets |
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167 | (12) |
| Index of Author Names |
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179 | (4) |
| Index of Titles and First Lines of Poems |
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183 | (6) |
| Biographical Notes on the Editors |
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