A HYMN TO SHIVA

POWER OF ALL POWERS!! OH FILL I AM THY LIGHT, BY MORTAL LAMP ENSHROUDED FLOOD MY BEING;

OH SUN ETERNAL, WHELM ME IN THY LIGHT

VISION ITSELF NEED ASK NO EYES FOR SEEING,

AND BOUNDLESS LIFE NO WINGS TO AMOUNT THE HEIGHT.

I AM THY LIGHT, BY MORTAL LAMP ENSHROUDED,

THY BLISS, BEYOND ALL SHIFTING JOYS AND PAINS;

ABOVE THEIR GLOOMS AND GLEAMS IS PEACE UNCLOUDED;

SHATTER THE LAMP; THE LIGHT, THE LIGHT REMAINS.

FATHER OF SPIRITS, LOVE FOR EVER BURNING,

BURN THOU ALL FORMS THAT HOLD MY LIFE FROM THEE;

LOST IN MY SELFHOOD, TO THYSELF RETURNIG,

FIND THOU THY OWN IN MY ETERNITY.