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    Kali the mother
    Kali the mother
    Kali the mother
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    Kali the mother

    By Sister Nivedita

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    The stars are blotted out,
    Clouds are covering clouds,
    It is darkness, vibrant, sonant.
    In the roaring whirling wind
    Are the souls of a million lunatics,
    But loosed from the prison house,
    Wrenching trees by the roots,
    Sweeping all from the path.
    The sea has joined the fray,
    And swirls up mountain-waves,
    To reach the pitchy sky.
    Scattering plagues and sorrows,
    Dancing mad with joy,
    Come, Mother, Come!
    For Terror is thy name,
    Death is in Thy breath.
    And every shaking step
    Destroys a world for e'er.
    Thou "Time" the All-Destroyer
    Then come, O Mother, Come!
    Who can misery love,
    Dance in destruction's dance,
    And hug the form of Death,
    To him the Mother comes.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBooks on Demand
    Release dateDec 11, 2018
    ISBN9783748138372
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