The Danish Peace Academy

GANDHI AND NORDIC COUNTRIES

Letter, March 21, 1920

Sunday, March 21, 1920

I say to thee, do thou repeat

To the first man thou mayest meet

In lane, highway or open street -

That he and we and all men move

Under a canopy of love,

As broad as the blue sky above;

That doubt and trouble, fear and pain,

And anguish all are shadows vain.

That death itself shall not remain,

That weary deserts we may tread,

A dreary labyrinth may thread,

Through dark ways under ground be led,

Yet, if we all one Guide obey,

The dreariest path, the darkest way

Shall issue out in heavenly day;

And we on diverse shores now cast,

Shall meet, our perilous voyage past,

All in our Father’s house at last.

Trench

My dear child,

I am on the train to Delhi. I could not go out for rest.¹⁰¹ I sent you nothing yesterday. I could not. This may be my last for some days because I shall not know what will happen from day to day. Do let me have a line from you.

With love,

Bapu

Source: My Dear Child, page 65; Collected Works, Volume 17, page 108

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