551. HEAVEN-LOVERS, EARTH-LOVERS

O Heaven-lovers,
Where are you?
  Heaven has descended.
Why are you not greeting
  Heaven-Beauty?

O earth-lovers,
Where are you?
  Earth has ascended.
Why are you not greeting
  Earth-purity?
Sri Chinmoy, Transcendence-Perfection, Agni Press, New York, 1975