"DESPAIR ON THE STAIRCASE", a poem by Sri Aurobindo

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Published on July 24, 2018 12:06:16 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUp1a4zRHaw

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A video clip with recitation of Sri Aurobindo's poem.
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Mute stands she, lonely on the topmost stair,
An image of magnificent despair;
The grandeur of a sorrowful surmise
Wakes in the largeness of her glorious eyes.
In her beauty’s dumb significant pose I find
The tragedy of her mysterious mind.
Yet is she stately, grandiose, full of grace.
A musing mask is her immobile face.
Her tail is up like an unconquered flag;
Its dignity knows not the right to wag.
An animal creature wonderfully human,
A charm and miracle of fur-footed Brahman,
Whether she is spirit, woman or a cat,
Is now the problem I am wondering at.