Bernard Westermann. Nirvana. Augustin S. Macdonald, comp. 1914. A Collection of Verse by California Poets

Augustin S. Macdonald, comp. A Collection of Verse by California Poets. 1914.

Nirvana

By Bernard Westermann


THERE is Amida, sublime and high,
Who far in a Daimyo’s garden stands,
Eyes half closed, he has crossed his hands;
He waits for nothing, he cannot die.

He has tasted and drunk of the wines of life,	5
Of every passion and conquered each,
Till a silent power has changed the strife
To the sentient calm that the soul may reach.