Augustin S. Macdonald, comp. A Collection of Verse by California Poets. 1914.
By Bernard WestermannNirvana
T
Who far in a Daimyo’s garden stands,
Eyes half closed, he has crossed his hands;
He waits for nothing, he cannot die.
Of every passion and conquered each,
Till a silent power has changed the strife
To the sentient calm that the soul may reach.