“Come you lost Atoms to your Centre draw,
And be the Eternal Mirror that you saw”

—  Attar of Nishapur , book The Conference of the Birds

The Conference of the Birds (1177)
Context: Come you lost Atoms to your Centre draw,
And be the Eternal Mirror that you saw:
Rays that have wander'd into Darkness wide
Return and back into your Sun subside.

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