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CAPRICE by SAROJINI NAIDU

First Line: YOU HELD A WILD-FLOWER IN YOUR FINGER-TIPS
Last Line: ALAS! IT WAS MY SOUL.
Subject(s): ABANDONMENT; HEARTS; LOVE - LOSS OF; MAN-WOMAN RELATIONSHIPS; DESERTION; MALE-FEMALE RELATIONS;
YOU held a wild-flower in your finger-tips,
Idly you pressed it to indifferent lips,
Idly you tore its crimson leaves apart, ..
Alas! it was my heart.

You held a wine-cup in your finger-tips,
Lightly you raised it to indifferent lips,
Lightly you drank and flung away the bowl ...
Alas! it was my soul.



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