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The Curse at Farewell
THE CURSE AT FAREWELL
With eyes wide-opened. Frankly bold, confess :
“ Debjani, knowledge is not happiness,
And fame is not; my life in you alone
Its purpose sees, in you incarnate shown,
And I embrace it.” Shame nor loss, be sure,
Will come from this. Though penance hard endure
A thousand years, a woman’s heart at end
Is treasure that repays all travail, friend.
KACH
Solemnly to the assembled gods I swore
That, with the mighty words that can restore
The dead to life, I would return; that vow
Was ever quick within my mind. And now
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