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insight, fitted him in a unique way for the
position of President. It has meant indeed
everything to the Branch, especially in its
earlier years to have had such experience and
inspiration at its command."

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The sacred fire within the heart,
The light that glows within the soul,
If aught their fervour can impart,
Yet passion's tumult can control,
It is the poet's breathing lyre,
Whose soaring notes to heaven aspire,

Although once heard from visioned heights,

Ethereal waves their sounds prolong,

Till sorrows blending with delights,

Attain the melody of Song !

The poet bending o'er his lyre,

Thus keeps alive the sacred fire !

NIZAMAT JUNG-

" His Persian verses also reveal his confirmed
habit of receiving spiritual suggestions from
visible aspects of nature and from casual events.

-Li

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These lines were written after attending a
funeral.

*The morning spread a gold embroiderzd cover on the earth.
The evening tinged the skies with Heaven's Mystic light.
My Spirit glowed like the heavenly light and my body sank as dust
into the earth.
The vision w^s true ; it consoled my heart and made it fearless.