Gold knowledge shames illusion where it preys Dead counterfeit perspectives on the truth Cast gray against truth’s beauty rare forsooth Shadows of night to the lush of day The sages in their sweet, sanguine pursuit The scholars yearning for the quench of sun The gurus in whom cosmic fires run All in their quest the truth salute Truth’s dawn refracts the visions hidden by The barricades, bastilles and brigadiers Who stealthy, quick encroach upon the sky Hath visage of a god eclipse sun for years Yet nature’s crown cast at long last her ray Which inspire worship of the day