Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing
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What does this poem mean to you?
You observe the carven hand
with the index pointing heavenward.
That is the direction, no doubt.
But how shall one follow it?
It is well to abstain from murder and lust,
To forgive, do good to others, worship God
Without graven images.
But these are external means after all
By which you cheifly do good to yourself.
The inner Kernel is freedom,
It is light, purity --
I can no more,
Find the goal or lose it, according to your vision.
You observe the carven hand
with the index pointing heavenward.
That is the direction, no doubt.
But how shall one follow it?
It is well to abstain from murder and lust,
To forgive, do good to others, worship God
Without graven images.
But these are external means after all
By which you cheifly do good to yourself.
The inner Kernel is freedom,
It is light, purity --
I can no more,
Find the goal or lose it, according to your vision.
Top answer
which is what most of us do anyway.
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To me it means 'if you believe in an afterlife, try to be good and follow your own goals freely'...which is what most of us do anyway.
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