Poetry · Chapter
CCXXIV explained
A brief, aphoristic chapter advising that when one's shadow falls westward, one should pause until it falls eastward, at which point one has reached one's destination.
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A brief, aphoristic chapter advising that when one's shadow falls westward, one should pause until it falls eastward, at which point one has reached one's destination.
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The emotional and psychological peak occurs when the speaker’s obsessive pursuit of the divine rose fragrance…
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“In the journey of life when thy shadow falls to the westward stop until it falls to the eastward. Thou art then at thy destination.”
In life's journey, if your shadow points west, wait until it points east; then you have arrived.
A metaphorical instruction about patience and timing in reaching one's goal.
