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[A fragmentary poem composed at Ridgely Manor, in 1899] Swamiji wrote the poem "One Circle More" on Ridgely Manor stationery. The original was sent to Swami Prabhavananda by Frances H. Leggett in 1962 It would appear that the three lines Swamiji wrote on the left-hand side of the sheet, which was actually the back of the folded letter paper constituted his final version of the first verse. One circle more the spiral path of life ascends (Cf. a slightly different version of the first three lines of this poem which appeared in Swami Vivekananda’s own handwriting on the left-hand side of the folded letter paper containing the original draft (Vide the facsimile): One circle more the spiral path of life ascends Hand in hand they stand — and try to And find
Another version of the peom is shown below. Again the lines break differently. It has been suggested that the poem may have been written with the Swami's hosts Mr and Mrs. Francis Leggett in mind. One circle more the spiral path of life ascends,
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