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| 3021. | The Scribe's Prayer by Robert William Service | | When from my fumbling hand the tired pen falls,
And in the twilight weary droops my head;
While to my quiet heart a still voice calls,
Calls me to ... |
| 3022. | Pedlar by Robert William Service | | Pedlar's coming down the street,
Housewives beat a swift retreat.
Don't you answer to the bell;
Heedless what she has to sell.
Just discreetly go ... |
| 3023. | Accepted by Elizabeth Jennings | | You are no longer young,
Nor are you very old.
There are homes where those belong.
You know you do not fit
When you observe the cold
Stares of th... |
| 3025. | A Rajput Love Song by Sarojini Naidu | | (Parvati at her lattice)
O Love! were you a basil-wreath to twine
among my tresses,
A jewelled clasp of shining gold to bind around my sleeve,
O ... |
| 3026. | In Praise Of Henna by Sarojini Naidu | | A KOKILA called from a henna-spray:
Lira! liree! Lira! liree!
Hasten, maidens, hasten away
To gather the leaves of the henna-tree.
Send your p... |
| 3027. | In Salutation to the Eternal Peace by Sarojini Naidu | | Men say the world is full of fear and hate,
And all life's ripening harvest-fields await
The restless sickle of relentless fate.
But I, sweet Sou... |
| 3028. | Palanquin Bearers by Sarojini Naidu | | Lightly, O lightly we bear her along,
She sways like a flower in the wind of our song;
She skims like a bird on the foam of a stream,
She floats li... |
| 3029. | Past and Future by Sarojini Naidu | | The new hath come and now the old retires:
And so the past becomes a mountain-cell,
Where lone, apart, old hermit-memories dwell
In consecrated ... |
| 3030. | THE INDIAN GIPSY by Sarojini Naidu | | IN tattered robes that hoard a glittering trace
Of bygone colours, broidered to the knee,
Behold her, daughter of a wandering race,
Tameless, wi... |
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