Buddha
Patrick Reginald Chalmers
1872 to 1942
Track 1
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The Wheel turneth just
As it must, as it must,
But there's nothing that matters, no, nothing at all.
Where apples and empires may ripen or fall,
The little jade Buddha (on us be his balm!) —
And he sits on his stand
There is nothing that matters, no, nothing at all.
And he smiles and he smiles in an infinite peace;
So he sits in an ageless, ineffable calm
He's soapy and bland,
For he's old, and he knows that, whatever befall,
The little jade Buddha (his favours increase!) —
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