Like unto a traveller well-driven by his charioteer,
Who arriveth daily at more distant lands.
So mayst thou increase in steadfastness and glory!
He verily, who hath departed from this life,
Doth attain unto that other
From which death has been cast out.”
And again:—
“Go forth! go forth! by those same paths whereby have gone the men of old!
By those same paths whereby must go all that are born of woman, according to their deeds!
O spirit, that art departed afar off, to dwell amongst the gods of yonder world,
We call upon thee—Do thou again return, and abide with us!
Oh thou who hast withdrawn thyself from us, travelling by the luminous roadways of the light,
We call upon thee again—Return and abide with us!
O spirit, who art resumed into the limitless universe,
We call upon thee—Return and abide with us!
Soul that to-day art departed into uttermost space,
We call upon thee—Return and abide with us!
O spirit, who art now become one with the infinite past and the infinite future,
We call upon thee again, to return and abide with us!”
