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This Bodily Appearance Is Not All

This bodily appearance is not all;

The form deceives, the person is a mask;
Hid deep in man celestial powers can dwell.

His fragile ship conveys through the sea of years
An incognito of the Imperishable.

A spirit that is a flame of God abides,
A fiery portion of the Wonderful,

Artist of his own beauty and delight,
Immortal in our mortal poverty.

Savitri, p. 23

Even in rags I am a god;
Fallen, I am divine;

High I triumph when down-trod,
Long I live when slain.
CWSA 2: 541 From : Sri Aurobindo's Sonnet

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