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Among poems of the first order, many of Sri Chinmoy's lyrics capture the mood of bitter frustration that often marks the hiatus between desire and aspiration but is not directly connected with spiritual yearning. In the famous "Between Nothingness and Eternity," for example, he projects the state of one who is out of harmony with himself and the world, wandering aimlessly and yet unaware of the cause of this "world-sorrow."
