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THE GATE OF PEACE 
 
 BY BLISS CARMAN 
 
THE GATE OF PEACE 
 
 BY BLISS CARMAN 
 
 NEW CANAAN 
 
 1900 
 
 '*«»fli»«*'>naKjj3ti 
 
 m XLHUUilJUV- 
 
Copyrit;' 1)09. 
 
 Hi Hl.lSt < .itMAN. 
 
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PROLOGUE. 
 
 VVhere the vast spirit of the race still brooils 
 fJn elemental and eternal things. 
 And the deep mind in lands of morning calm 
 ru '"^""'"es in mystery, and dreams 
 Of ivhat concerns its welfare and its peace. 
 
 And frtmt that far abode of trttth bring home 
 Some arttiitry of wisdom and of faith, 
 Some revelation or forgotten creed, 
 .So-ie flower of ancient culture flung away 
 .\nu lost long since, discarded in the spoil 
 Of conquerors, or trampled under foot 
 Hy teerMng generati ms on the march. 
 
 For yet beyond our lu»t meridian. 
 Beyond tht. night, wlir<x. pri, ir dawn begins 
 .^ud the great sun get < up . • carl -t ,^oW, 
 J he mysttc blossom of perfi ion -tili 
 Mitit blooni somewhere u > gUtAden mortal eves 
 Perhaps withm some tempi arden dim ' 
 
 wfif ■ ^i'l'""'. *"* ""'^ "' <ranquil bronze 
 
 \yatchmg the slow process , le days 
 
 Oo by htm like a pageant <>, rain. 
 Some wise old priest tends it .. ih loving care 
 .\morg his white and purple i; <tes, 
 Sheddmg their beauty on the q t world. 
 
 There with a patient and brnu 'ega- ' 
 Horn of his toil, his flowers, and t.,t h-^aius 
 He cnltwates that pure philosophy 
 
 
Lifee ti rare output of the soul, which time, 
 
 Whatever it may take, must leave iinhflntied. 
 
 Or haply the immortal seed yet springs 
 
 In imreiiarded loveliness beside 
 
 Some great highway where many pilgrims go. 
 
 Seeking the truth, confused tvithiu (i maze 
 
 Of myth and superstition and dead form. 
 
 Go forth, iJiy soul, on this adventure brave, 
 Find this old shadowy garden filled with aive. 
 Or the great common road, u'ithiti tylr i dust 
 Still blows theflowerof peace, and brinu it lioirii; 
 To ^ro«» wthin our new-made dooryards here, 
 Ainonji the roses and the o< anges 
 Between the hi^h Sierras and the sea. 
 Yet fear not empty-handed to return. 
 And underneath these nsur ukies evolve 
 Out of thy native ground some later creed. 
 Some teaching not revealed in ancient lore. 
 Some goodness yet undreamed of, all our own. 
 
 This was the hope I pondered, as I went 
 Along the San Francisco water-front. 
 To say fflreivell to a departing friend 
 For the mysterious Orient onttvard bound. 
 The magic East,— China, Japan, Malay, 
 Saigon, Osaka, Singapore, Hong Kong, 
 Burniflh and India and the tropic seas ! 
 The names rang in my ear, and while I mused 
 The smell of the E<ist was in my nostrils, rank. 
 Subtle, suggestive, human,— earth and fire. 
 The si(leu'alles,ti!hori'es, and wharehouses were piled 
 With far-brought crates and foreign-looking bales. 
 Sea-chests and boxes of outlandish make. 
 Spices and fruits and merchandise ; the docks 
 Swarming with dark-skinned men. Kanaka, Jap, 
 And Chinese coolies rowid their bowls of rice, 
 Aiiioiiii the coils of rope and capstan bars. 
 
Ami then the utfih bUvk liner from her dock 
 Beian to move ; the cast-off hatvsers splashed; 
 Tdi; parting yaii-ned; a brave hand was fliiiij' up 
 Gii'iiiji rht' siiin of friendship and farewell; 
 Slowly the great hull swuni out in the stream. 
 Turned on the tide full-frei/ihted, foriled ahead, 
 T . band on board playim a cheery march, 
 'i !h' harbor ilulls dippinii about her stern, 
 
 she passed down behind the anchored ships. 
 And with a flutter of handkerchiefs ivas jiofie. 
 
 Orif throu^i the Golden Gate, tvhere Tamalpais 
 Looks down on the blue waters of the Hay, 
 Hathed in the air of a perpetual spring,-- 
 The siiiifir sorcery of an earlier world; 
 Out ii'here ilie Faralones in purple mist 
 Loom on (lie sea-line, and the fishinil fleets 
 Go skimming with their brown sails in the sun; 
 Out where the tramps and trading schooners ply 
 To Yokohama, Sydney, and Rangoon, 
 Or hot Tahiti and the island ports. 
 And trailing smoke the punctual mail boats go; 
 Out by the dancing sun-path on the sea. 
 My friend ivent forth upon the world-wide quest. 
 
 Months later, where Columbus from his tall 
 White marble column by the Park looks down 
 And sees below him half Manhattan pass. 
 And round his base the tide of traffic swirl, 
 Ebbmg and murtnuring, as the long Spring dusks 
 Light hnn ivith golden splendor calm on calm; 
 With tales of travel, incidents recalled. 
 Treasures exhibited and scenes portrayed,— 
 The happy wanderer's talk on coming home,-- 
 I heard this legend of India retold. 
 
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THE GATE OF PEACE. 
 
 Ah, who will build the city of otir dream, 
 Where beauty shall abound and tnuh avail. 
 With patient love that is too wise for strife, 
 Blending in power as gentle as the rain 
 With the reviving earth on full spring days ? 
 Who now will speed us to its gate of peace, 
 And reassure us on our doiibffiil road ? 
 
 Three centuries ago a fearless man. 
 Yearning to set his people in the way, 
 Threw all his royal might into a plan 
 To found an ideal city that should give 
 Freedom to every instinct for the best, 
 From humblest impulse in his own domain 
 To rumored wisdom from the world's far ends. 
 Strengthened with ardor from a high resolve. 
 Beneath the patient smile of Indian skies 
 This fair dream flourished for a score of years. 
 Until the blight of evil touched its bloom 
 With fading, and transformed its vivid life 
 Into a ghost-flower of its fair design. 
 
 Now ruined Mtirserj' (oiver and gay botidoir, 
 A sad custodian of sacred tombs, 
 And scattered feathers from the purple wings 
 Of doves who reign in imdispiited calm 
 Over this Eden of hope and fair essay. 
 Recall the valor of this ancient quest. 
 
 Great Akbar,-granfather of Shah Jehan, 
 The artist Emperor of India 
 
Who built the Taj for love of one held dear 
 
 Beyond atl other women in the world. 
 
 And left that loveliest memorial. 
 
 The most supreme of wonders wrought by man. 
 
 To move for very joy all hearts to tears 
 
 Beholding how great beauty springs from love,— 
 
 Akbar the wisest ruler over Ind, 
 
 Grandson of Babar in whose veins were mixed 
 
 The blood of Tamerlane and Chin^hiz Khan, 
 
 Who bea* the Afghans and the Rajputs down 
 
 At Paniput and Buxar in Bengal, 
 
 Making himself the lord of Hindustan, 
 
 And with his restless Tartars founded there 
 
 The Mo^iil empire with its Moslem foith, 
 
 Its joyousness, enlightenment, and art.— 
 
 Akbar of all the sovereigns of the East 
 
 Is still most deeply loved and gladly praised. 
 
 For he u'ho conquered with so strong a hand 
 Cabiil, Kashmir, and Kandahar, and Sind, 
 Oiidh and Orissa, Chitor and Ajmir, 
 With all their u'ealth to weld them into one. 
 Upholding justice with his sovereignty 
 Throughout his borders and imposing peace, 
 Was first and last a seeker after truth. 
 No craven nnlaborious tnice he songht, 
 But that great peace tvhich only comes with light, 
 Emerging after chaos has been quelled 
 In some long struggle of cndnring will, 
 To be a proof of order and of law. 
 Which cannot rest on falsehood nor on tvrong. 
 But spreads like generous sunshine on the earth 
 When goodness has been gained and truth made clear. 
 At ivhatsoe'er incalculable cost. 
 
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 Returning once with his victorious arms 
 And ii'ar-tvom companies on the homivard march 
 To Agra and his court's magnificence, 
 
From a campaign against some turbulent folk, 
 He came at evening to a quiet place 
 Near Sikri by the roadside throii|>h the woods, 
 Where there were many doves among the trees. 
 
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 There Salim Chisti a holy man had made 
 His lonely dwelling in the wilderness, 
 Seeking perfection. And the solidide 
 \Vas sweet to Akbar, and he halted there 
 And went to Salim in his lodge and said, 
 " O man and brother, (liy long days are spent 
 In meditation, seeking for the path 
 Through this great world's impediments to peace. 
 Here in the twilight with the holy stars 
 Or tvhen the rose of morning breaks in gold ; 
 Tell me, I pray, whence comes the gift of peace 
 With all its blessinjis for a people's need. 
 And how may true tranquility be found 
 On zuhichfjion's restless spirit longs to rest ?" 
 
 And Salim answered, "Lord, most readily 
 In Allah's oiit-of-doors, for (here men lii'e 
 More truly, bein^ free from false constraint, 
 For learning wisdom with a calmer mind. 
 For they who would find peace must conquer fear 
 And ignorance and greed,--the ravagers 
 Of spirit, mind, and sense,--and learn to live 
 Content beneath the shade of Allah's hand. 
 Who worships not his own will shall find peace." 
 
 Then Akbar answered, "I have set my heart 
 On making beauty, truth, and justice shine 
 As the ordered stars above the darkened earth. 
 Are not these also things to be desired. 
 And stnVen for with no uncertain toil ? 
 And save thro' them twhence comes the ^iftof peace?' 
 
Then Salim smiled, and tuith his finger drew 
 f" ">? soft dust before his door, and said, 
 
 O kmg, thy woi-ds are true, thy heart most wise. 
 Ihou also Shalt find peace, as Allah wills, 
 ihrough follotvmg bravely what to thee seems best. 
 wl}en any question, ' What is peace ? ' reply. 
 
 The shelter of the Gate of Paradise, 
 The shadow of the archway, not the arch. 
 Within whose shade at need the poor may rest, 
 1 he weary be '■efreshed, the weak secure. 
 And all men pause to Madden as they go.' " 
 
 AndAkbar pondered Salim Chisti's words. 
 Tlien turning to lus ministers, he said. 
 
 Here will I build my capital, and here 
 rile world shall come unto a council hall. 
 And in a place of peace pursue the queit 
 Of wisdom and the finding out of truth. 
 That there be no more discord upon earth, 
 But only knotvledge, beauty, and good will." 
 
 And it was done according to Akbar's word. 
 I here m the wilderness as by magic rose 
 Futtehpur Sikri, the victorious city. 
 Of marble and red sandstone among the trees 
 A rose unfolding in the kindling dawn. 
 Palace end Mosque and garden and serai. 
 Bazaars Md baths and spacious pleasure grounds. 
 By favor of Allah to perfection sprang. 
 
 ThusAkbar wrought to make his dream rome true 
 trom the four corners of the world he brought 
 His master workmen, from Iran and Ind, 
 From wtld Mongolia and the Arabian wastes; 
 Masons from Baghdad, Delhi, and Multan; 
 Dome builders from the North, from Samarkand- 
 Lunnmg mosaic workers from Kanauj; 
 
And cari'ers of inscriptions from Shiraz; 
 And they all labored with endearing skill, 
 Each at his handcraft, to make beauty be. 
 
 When the first ax-blade on the timber rang, 
 The ttmid doves, as if foreboding ill. 
 Had fled from Sikri and its qttiet groves. 
 
 But as he promised, Akbar sent and bade 
 rhe wise men of all nations to his court. 
 Brahman and Christian, Buddhist and Parsee, 
 Jam and stiff Mohammedan and Jew, 
 All followers of the One with many names, 
 Bnnging the ghostly wisdom of the earth. 
 
 And so they came of every hue and creed. 
 From the twelve winds of heaven their caravans 
 Drew in to Sikri as Akbar summoned them. 
 To spend long afternoons in council grave. 
 Sifting tradition for the seed of truth. 
 In the great mosque in Futtehpur at peace. 
 And Sahm Chisti lived his holy life. 
 Beloved and honored there as Akbar's friend. 
 
 But light and changeable are the hearts of men. 
 Soon m that city dedicate to peace 
 Disse: '"ms spread and rivalries gretv rife, 
 Envy t bitterness and strife returned 
 Once more, and truth before them fled away. 
 
 .. .^''en Salim Chisti, coming to Akbar .spoke. 
 
 Lord, jjii'c thy servant leave now to depart 
 .\nd follow where the fluttered wings have gone 
 For here there is no longer any peace, 
 And truth cannot prevail where discord dwells " 
 
"Nay then," said Akbar, " 'tis not thou but I 
 
 Who am the servant here and must go hence. 
 
 I found thee master of this solitude. 
 
 Lord of the princedom of a quiet mind, 
 
 A sovereign vested in tranquility, 
 
 And I have done thee wrong and stayed thy feet 
 
 From follow :fg perfection, with my horde 
 
 Of turbulent malcontents; and my loved dream 
 
 To build a city of abiding peace 
 
 Was but a vain illusion. Therefore now 
 
 This foolish people shall be driven forth 
 
 From this fair place, to live as they may choose 
 
 in dtsputance and wrangling longer still. 
 
 Until they learn, if Allah wills it so. 
 
 To lay aside their folly for the truth. " 
 
 And as the king commanded, so it was. 
 More quickly than he came, with ait his court 
 And hosts of followers he went away. 
 Leaving the place to solitude once more,- 
 A rose to wither where it once had blown. 
 
 To-day the all-kind unpolluted sun 
 Shines through the marble fret-work with no sound; 
 Ihe wmds play hide and seek through corridors 
 Where stately women with dark glowing eyes 
 Have laughed and frolicked in their fluttering robes; 
 I he rose leave: drop with none to gather them. 
 In gardens where no footfall comes with eve 
 Nor any lovers watch the rising moon- ' 
 
 And ancient silence, truer than all speech. 
 Still holds the secrets of the Council Hall, 
 Upon whose walls frescoes of many faiths 
 Attest the courtesy of open minds. 
 
 Before the last camp-follower was gone. 
 The doves returned and took up their abode 
 In the mam gate of those deserted walls. 
 
And in their custody this " Gate of Peace " 
 Bears still the grandeur of its origin, 
 Firing aneii' the wistful hearts of men 
 To brave endeavor with replenished hope, 
 Though since that time three hundred years ago, 
 The magic hush of those forsaken streets 
 And empty courtyards has been undisturbed. 
 Save by the gentle whirring of grey wings. 
 With cooing murmurs uttered all day long. 
 And reverent tread of those from near and far. 
 Who still pursue the immemorial quest. 
 
EPILOGUE. 
 
 This ^rey-bhte feather ivith its silver clasp, 
 Mmnted by Liberty in London, see! 
 Ueamtng in the white sunlight on the ground 
 Beside the Gate of Peace in Futtchpur, 
 (Mr friend picked up these trophies of her miest 
 
 Of'fL ';?,!lfi' w"*^'" ^'T^fp*- ^'7<s. as si&ns and seals 
 "r t^r-wmied comradeship. 
 
 Y«.. ,.,1.^ I, , ^ ^^""« friends, 
 
 }»H ZVh ^T»- "T^ '""*' "' "'^ «^n'-ch fo*- peace, 
 
 And in the difficult art of life have learned 
 
 How beauty is the fittest ^tiise of good, 
 
 And good the utmost tt .th, what signify 
 
 Uiir keepsakes from the ancient brooding East? 
 
 A mystic fleck from inspiration's wing, 
 
 A little modem skill to hold it fast, 
 
 With best of all a loving heart's warm care 
 
 I hat linked them thus as emblems of its faith 
 
 Wherein, whoever seeks the Gate of Peace 
 
 n""!^,?',!? <r9«'el by the happy signs 
 
 On Allah s highway through this modern world 
 
 May find it through the code of loyalty ' 
 
 I o wisdom, joy, and blessed loveliness. 
 
 Prlllfi^'' ^T. i ^*'"f ^' ?^ threefold make. 
 Prologue and tale and epilogue, is here 
 t>et up for fellow farers on the road, 
 inscribed with grateful heart to M P K 
 
The first edition of The Gate of Peace, of one 
 hundred and twelve copies, printed at The Villace Press 
 in 1907. was almost entirely destroyed by fire before it 
 could be distributed. In the present edition, of sixty 
 copies, printed by John F.. Hersam. at New Canaan. 
 Connecticut, in April. I KO, a proloKue and an epiloijue 
 have been added. 
 
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