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Collected Poems - Sri Aurobindo Ashram

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432 Pondicherry, c. 1910 – 1920<br />

Afterwards bale that is best shall be done persuading Achilles;<br />

Doubt not the gods’ decisions, awful, immutable, ruthless.<br />

Flame shall lick Troy’s towers and the limbs of her old men and infants.<br />

O not today nor now remember the faults of the hero!<br />

Follow him rather bravely and blindly as children their leader,<br />

Guide your fate through the war-surge loud in the wake of his exploits.<br />

Rise, O ye kings of the Greeks! leave debate for the voices of battle.<br />

Peal forth the war-shout, pour forth the spear-sleet, surge towards Troya.<br />

Ilion falls today; we shall turn in our ships to our children.”<br />

So Odysseus spoke and the Achaians heard him applauding;<br />

Ever the pack by the voice of the mighty is seized and attracted!<br />

Then from his seat Agamemnon arising his staff to the herald<br />

Gave and around him arose the Kings of the west and its leaders,<br />

Loud their assembly broke with a stern and martial rumour.

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