19. Alas!
Alas!My brave Divinity-day
Has sunk in the chasm of night.
    Alas!
My years have hastened
To their destined end.
    Alas!
The Teacher of all teachers,
My inner faith,
Forgets to teach me
    Regularly,
    Divinely
    And
    Supremely.
Sri Chinmoy, The Golden Boat, part 2, Sri Chinmoy Lighthouse, New York., 1974