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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A CONTRAST, by DHAN GOPAL MUKERJI Poet's Biography
First Line: The sunset puts a necklace of cloud-pearls
Last Line: Thy smile-adorned face?
Subject(s): Emotions; Rest
First Line: The sunset puts a necklace of cloud-pearls
Last Line: Thy smile-adorned face?
Subject(s): Emotions; Rest
The sunset puts a necklace of cloud-pearls
Around the neck of the West;
Pink-blue veils, the gray mist weaves
For the East seeking sleep and rest.
Beyond the hills, the single star smiles like a blossoming flower,
As the moon silently pours her lullaby of silver
Into the ear of East, now fast asleep;
While the West's golden fever burns away its only star.
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