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A LOVE SONG FROM THE NORTH by SAROJINI NAIDU

First Line: TELL ME NO MORE OF THY LOVE, PAPEEHA
Last Line: TO ME, FORSAKEN OF LOVE?
Subject(s): BEAUTY; HEARTS; LOVE;

TELL me no more of thy love, @3papeeha@1,
Wouldst thou recall to my heart, @3papeeha@1,
Dreams of delight that are gone,
When swift to my side came the feet of my lover
With stars of the dusk and the dawn?
I see the soft wings of the clouds on the river,
And jewelled with raindrops the mango-leaves quiver,
And tender boughs flower on the plain. ...
But what is their beauty to me, @3papeeha@1,
Beauty of blossom and shower, @3papeeha@1,
That brings not my lover again?

Tell me no more of thy love, @3papeeha@1,
Wouldst thou revive in my heart, @3papeeha@1,
Grief for the joy that is gone?
I hear the bright peacock in glimmering woodlands
Cry to its mate in the dawn;
I hear the black @3koel's@1 slow, tremulous wooing,
And sweet in the gardens the calling and cooing
Of passionate bulbul and dove. ...
But what is their music to me, @3papeeha@1,
Songs of their laughter and love, @3papeeha@1,
To me, forsaken of love?



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