Poetry Explorer


Classic and Contemporary Poetry


DESTINY by SAROJINI NAIDU

First Line: IT CHANCED ON THE NOON OF AN APRIL DAY
Last Line: WHO CARES IF A WOMAN'S HEART BE BROKEN?
Subject(s): ABANDONMENT; DISILLUSION; FATE; LOVE - LOSS OF; MAN-WOMAN RELATIONSHIPS; DESERTION; DESTINY; MALE-FEMALE RELATIONS;

IT chanced on the noon of an April day
A dragon-fly passed in its sunward play
And furled his flight for a passing hour
To drain the life of a passion-flower. ...
Who cares if a ruined blossom die,
O bright blue wandering dragon-fly?

Love came, with his ivory flute,
His pleading eye, and his wingèd foot.
"I am weary," he murmured; "O let me rest
In the sheltering joy of your fragrant breast."
At dawn he fled and he left no token. ...
Who cares if a woman's heart be broken?



Home: PoetryExplorer.net