I have a hundred lives before me yet <br />To grasp thee in, O Spirit ethereal, <br />Be sure I will with heart insatiate <br />Pursue thee like a hunter through them all. <br /> <br />Thou yet shalt turn back on the eternal way <br />And with awakened vision watch me come <br />Smiling a little at errors past and lay <br />Thy eager hand in mine, its proper home. <br /> <br />Meanwhile made happy by thy happiness <br />I shall approach thee in things and people dear, <br />And in thy spirit's motions half-possess, <br />Loving what thou hast loved, shall feel thee near, <br /> <br />Until I lay my hands on thee indeed <br />Somewhere among the stars, as 'twas decreed.<br /><br />Sri Aurobindo<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-have-a-hundred-lives/
