Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SPRING, by SAROJINI NAIDU


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First Line: Young leaves grow green on the banyan twigs
Last Line: An idyl of love and spring.
Subject(s): Flowers; Nature; Poppies; Seasons; Spring


YOUNG leaves grow green on the banyan twigs,
And red on the peepul tree,
The honey-birds pipe to the budding figs,
And honey-blooms call the bee.

Poppies squander their fragile gold
In the silvery aloe-brake,
Coral and ivory lilies unfold
Their delicate lives on the lake.

Kingfishers ruffle the feathery sedge,
And all the vivid air thrills
With butterfly-wings in the wild-rose hedge,
And the luminous blue of the hills.

Kamala tinkles a lingering foot
In the grove where temple-bells ring,
And Krishna plays on his bamboo flute
An idyl of love and spring.





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