...cheer her sons, As if one riddle of the Sphinx were guessed. BRAHMA. IF the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well...to me is near ; Shadow and sunlight are the same; J The vanished gods to me appear ; And one to me are shame and fame. They reckon ill who leave me out;...

...Mab-struck thing I am. * •BRAHMA— BY RWE IF the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain thiuk he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways I...turn again. Far or forgot to me is near, Shadow and sunshine are the same, The vanished gods to me appear And one to me are shame and fame. They reckon...

...illustrate each stanza by parallel passages from the Indian episode. "If the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well...the subtle ways I keep, and pass, and turn again." Brahma is pure Being, the same in all things that exist, the same under all changes. In the second...

...present belief of the Brahmins in its relations to human life: " If the red slayer thinks he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways I keep and pass and turn again. " They reckon ill who leave me out; When me they fly, I am the wings; I urn the doubter and the doubt,...

...compost of them both, and her ends are prospered whichever succeed. "If the red slayer thinks he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well...the subtle ways I keep, and pass, and turn again." What is the end of Nature? Where is the end of a sphere ? The sphere balances at any and every point....

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...needlessly augmented by the absurd misprints of the English edition): If the red slayer think he stays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the suhtle ways I keep, and pass, and turn again. They reckon ill who leave me out ; When me they fly,...

...of pantheism. Emerson extracted the gist of it in his " Brahma ; " If the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways. 1 keep, and pass, and turn again. And here is Mr. Arnold's rendering: If he that slayeth thinks " I...

...on the immutable reality of the supersensual world : Said Brahma. 1f the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well...the subtle ways I keep, and pass, and turn again. This being so, the Oriental may well have thought, — since all is Maya, and assassin and victim are...

..."Brahma," from which we may be permitted to quote the following stanzas: "If the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well...me is near; Shadow and sunlight are the same; The vanished gods to me appear; And one to me are shame and fame. "They reckon ill who leave me out ; When...