1 - Sonnet On Vision Poem by Harley White

1 - Sonnet On Vision

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What inward sight illuminates our way -
Whose lucid eye can all the ages span -
To see the Mystic Law that holds its sway
Beyond the endless birth and death of Man?
The luminary moon, when night is done,
Still rules the tides, though the daylight hides it.
The lotus always turns to face the sun
And yet what blossom eye ever guides it?
The cross-eyed men with intellect adorn
Their intuitions - blind who lead the blind -
The common mortals - blind when they were born -
With doubtful eyes that Truth could never find.
We look - we stare - we gaze and gaze - but we,
With sightless eyes, forever fail to see.

1 - Sonnet On Vision
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Topic(s) of this poem: vision
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
(October 6,1999)


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Image ~ 'Two Men Contemplating the Moon' ~ by Caspar David Friedrich ~ 1820s ~ Oil on canvas
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Loke Kok Yee 05 April 2016

your sonnet is well crafted and a joy to read thanks for sharing

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Harley White 28 October 2016

Thank you! I appreciate your comment...

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