Sri Aurobindo

Collected Poems

SABCL - Volume 5

I. Short Poems
1890-1900

Epigram

If thou wouldst traverse Time with vagrant feet

Nor make the poles thy limit, fill not then

Thy wallet with the fancy’s cloying sweet

Which is no stay to heaven-aspiring men,

But follow wisdom since alone the wise

Can walk through fire with unblinking eyes.

Later edition of this work: The Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo.- Set in 37 volumes.- Volume 2.- Collected Poems.- Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 2009.- 751 p.