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NASTURTIUMS by SAROJINI NAIDU

First Line: POIGNANT AND SUBTLE AND BITTER PERFUME
Last Line: AND SWEETEST SAKUNTALA'S MAGICAL TEARS.
Subject(s): NASTURTIUMS;

POIGNANT and subtle and bitter perfume,
Exquisite, luminous, passionate bloom,
Your leaves interwoven of fragrance and fire
Are Savitri's sorrow and Sita's desire,
Draupadi's longing, Damayanti's fears,
And sweetest Sakuntala's magical tears.



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