Category Sarojini Naidu

In sorrow of her bereavementWhat longer need hath she of lovelinessWhom Death has parted from her lord’s caress?Of glimmering robes like rainbow-tangled mist,Of gleaming glass or jewels on her wrist,Blossoms or fillet-pearls to deck her head,Or jasmine garlands to adorn…

O Bird of Time on your fruitful boughWhat are the songs you sing? . . .Songs of the glory and gladness of life,Of poignant sorrow and passionate strife,And the lilting joy of the spring;Of hope that sows for the years unborn,And…