Shiva In Ecstasy

From Volume 8 of The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, chapter -II, ‘Writings: Prose And Poems’ Shiva is dancing, lost in the ecstasy of Self, sounding his own cheeks. His tabor is playing and the garland of skulls is swinging in rhythm. The waters of...

To My Own Soul

From Volume 8 of The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, chapter -II, ‘Writings: Prose And Poems’ Composed at Ridgely Manor, New York, in 1899. Hold yet a while, Strong Heart, Not part a lifelong yoke Though blighted looks the present, future gloom. And...

To An Early VIolet

From Volume 8 of The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, chapter -II, ‘Writings: Prose And Poems’ Written to a Western lady – disciple from New York, 6th January 1896. What though thy bed be frozen earth, Thy cloak the chilling blast; What though no...