ⓘ[1] Vedanta Society of Southern California archives.

Mrs. Frances Leggett found this document on Ridgely Manor stationery and sent it to the Vedanta Society of Southern California in the summer of 1962. The title of the poem has been supplied by the editors of the Vedanta Kesari (May 1973).

[A fragmentary poem composed at Ridgely Manor, in 1899]

One circle more the spiral path of life ascends And time’s restless shuttle—running back and fro Through maze of warp and woof of shining threads of life—spins out a stronger piece [1].

ⓘ[1] Cf. a slightly different version of the first three lines of this poem, which appeared in Swami Vivekananda’s own handwriting on the left-hand side of the folded letter paper containing the original draft (Vide the facsimile on the following page):

One circle more the spiral path of life ascends

And Time’s relentless shuttle running

back and fro through maze of warp and woof spins out a stronger piece.

Hand in hand they stand—and try to fathom depths whence springs eternal love, each in other’s eyes;

And find No hold o’er that age but brings the youth anew— And time—the good, the pure, the true.