My first friendship with the Muse

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Nothing is sweet, but bitter all.

Of woe the world is made.

Our thoughts, a bed of naked thorns;

In us a sombre shade. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,My first friendship with the Muse, Sri Chinmoy Lighthouse, New York, 1973
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