Living
Brahma
From New Collected Rhymes (1905)
Living
IF the wild bowler thinks he bowls,
Or if the batsman thinks he’s bowled,
They know not, poor misguided souls,
They too shall perish unconsoled.
I am the batsman and the bat,
I am the bowler and the ball,
The umpire, the pavilion cat,
The roller, pitch, and stumps, and all.
✦ ✦ ✦
Codex Note
After Emerson.
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Lang, Andrew. “Brahma.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lang/300/.
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Lang, Andrew. “Brahma.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lang/300/.
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